OSPF Process ID Question

[dfrank]

I Apologize if this is a foolish question, but I am still learning OSPF as we migrate from EIGRP.

Does each router have to have a unique process id withing the same OSPF area?

Thank you,

DF

[yagnesh.patel]

No

[jt.silas]

The process ID can be the same or different on each router it's not like an AS number on (IGRP/EIGRP). In my environment I always make my process ID the same, I like to keep everything in a uniform fashinon. You can have two neighbor routers back to back with the same or different process ID, it doesn't make a difference, they will still become OSPF neighbors as long as everything else is ok.