I suppose if you wanted to communicate with two vendors connected to your single router but not advertise the vendors routes to each other.
BTW I'm not suggesting this is a smart thing to do... Dave "Justin M. Clark" wrote: > > Can you give me an instance where I would want to have multi processes > ospf? > > Justin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roberts, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 4:46 PM > To: 'Justin M. Clark'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OSPF Question [7:37899] > > Process ID is of local significance only. That number does not appear > anywhere outside the router it resides on. If you were to have multiple > OSPF process's running on a box, it is how you would differentiate > between them. > > Thanks > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin M. Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OSPF Question [7:37899] > > when configuring ospf the first command is: > > router ospf process-id > > Does the process id have any signifigance? for instance, If i have one > router with pid of 10 and another with pid 12 can both of them function > in area 0. If so, where does the process-id come into effect. What is > it specified for? > > Thanks, > Justin -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37909&t=37899 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

