ospf

[dkblee]

hi! i've multiple vlan interface in my 6509 with one of the interface as

interface vlan 10

ip address 172.16. 8.2 255.255.255.128

and i;ve the router ospf configured as

network 172.16.8.2 0.0.0.0 area 0

My question is, what's the different if in the network command instead of using 0.0.0.0, i use 0.0.0.128?

thx.

[Reza Sharifi]

Hello,

network 172.16.8.2 0.0.0.0 area 0 This will enable OSPF only on this specific Interface

network 172.16.8.2 0.0.0.128 area 0 This will enable OSPF on all the interfaces whose ip address's fall in between 172.16.8.0-128

HTH

Reza

[Jerry Ye]

BTW, you cannot use mask of 0.0.0.128, you have to use 0.0.0.127.

To answer your question, 0.0.0.0 means only the interface 172.16.8.2 will be in area 0. If you are using 0.0.0.127 and you have the following interface configuration

interface lo0

ip address 172.16.8.10 255.255.255.255

interface lo1

ip address 172.16.8.11 255.255.255.255

!
router ospf 1

network 172.16.8.0 0.0.0.127 area 0

both interface lo0 and lo1 will be in OSPF area 0.

HTH,

jerry

[Ganesh Hariharan · Accepted solution]

Hi,

To understand the interafaces addition in ospf configuration see the below explanation hope this helps out !!

1. The definition of only one interface
Definitions of only one interface are done with a wildcard-mask of 0.0.0.0 and the exact IP address of the given interface. This will match exact on that interface and nothing else.

2. The definition of mutiple but not all interfaces into one area
If you have to specify multiple interfaces and the IP concept has been done nicely, you might be able to summarize them all into one network statement. So if we have an address range like 116.1.16.0/21 which belongs to area N we can use network 116.1.16.0 0.0.7.255 area N to define them in one network statement. Every new interface on that router with an IP in that range will automatically be added into the OSPF process and added to that area.

3. The definition of all interfaces into one area
If you want to specify all interfaces on the router, the network statement network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255 area N will do the trick. Every new interface with an IP address on the router will automatically join OSPF and this area.

Regards

Ganesh.H