OSPF Areas over Point to Point

[dfrank]

I am relativley new to OSPF and I have a question regarding Areas. If I have two offices at different locations connected via a leased line point to point T1, can both of these networks reside on the same area?(area0 for instance) Also, if I have to create different areas for each LAN and the connection in between, will I need to use a virtual link to connect one LAN to the backbone area?

Thanks in advance,

DF

[MickPhelps]

If you have two remotes and one central site, you probably don't need to create areas (other than zero).

If you created multiple areas, you won't need a virtual link if area zero is the hub and both remotes connect to area zero. You only need a virtual linke when area 1 (for instance) connects to area 2 which connects to area 0.

Mick.