Hi Syed, A router-id is not (necessarily) an IP address. It is simply a 32 bit number. If the router-id is also an IP address, which is also advertised into some routing protocol (not necessarily ospf, and could even be static) then you can ping it.
Cheers, Matt CCIE #22386 CCSI #31207 2009/10/8 Syed Zaidi <[email protected]>: > Hi, > As the subject of this mail suggests, I would like to know two things. > 1. When a router-id is added to ospf, for ex: 224.0.0.0 or 239.255.255.255, > will I be able to ping it from the network? this is a multicast address > though.. > 2. If we can't ping the above address and have added 223.255.255.255 as a > router-id, and if we add it to the ospf process in this case will I be able > to ping it? Hence adding this address to the DNS database for a name-lookup? > The above addresses I mentioned is true for router-id configuration only. > Thanks & Regards, > Syed > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
