Re: (PM) OSPF and POPs

Chris Trown (ctrown@cheops.net.csuchico.edu)
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:11:18 -0800

On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 09:55:01AM -0500, Ian Smith scribbled:
> I am trying to get a POP to do OSPF with my local network.
>

Worthwhile endeavor. :)

Since this has already been answered, I will just suggest that you read
the Lucent Routing Guide. They have several examples and one matches your
situation almost exactly.

> I have an ethernet network locally with all a Cisco (router-main) and
> Portmasters in area 0 that works fine. I then have a PPP link to a POP.
> The POP contains a Cisco (router-pop) and several Portmasters. The OSPF
> rules I am aware of state that....
>
> 1. All OSPF routers must contain an area 0.
> 2. All OSPF routers in an area must on the same network to send/receive
> broadcast OSPF packets.
>
> So what do I do with router-pop? I can't set it's link to the main site
> as 0, since it can't directly talk to the other Portmasters there.
>
> All the local Portmasters and the Cisco's ethernet interfaces are
> in area 0.
>
> Simple question... (I hope!:)
>
> The PPP link between the two Ciscos should be in area ?.
> The Ethernet interface of the remote-Portmasters and the remote Cisco
> should be in area ?.
>
> Thanks!

Chris...

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