That description on page 698 sounds like as if there was a thing called "router" between EIGRP and OSPF. In reality, the redistribution is handled by the (code that belongs to the) receiving protocol.
Thanks, Zsombor John Jones wrote: > > I am studying for CCIE Written and lately have been > concentrating on redistribution. > > I have come across two statements in Doyle's V.1 that I am a > bit confused about. On page 698 under the Metric section, he > states that a cost must be assigned to each EIGRP route > **BEFORE** passing it into OSPF and vice versa. What confuses > me is that on page 712 under Configuring Redistribution it > states under #1 that the redistribution configuration command > and information is placed on the protocol that is to > **RECEIVE** the distibuted routes, which I assume will be > applied **AFTER** the route has been received. This seems to > contradict to me. > > Could anyone shed some light on this? It would help my > understanding... > > Thanks. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74863&t=74856 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html

