""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I thought this stuff was supposed to be like plumbing or electricity? You > mean, it doesn't just work? > > This is in reference to another thread, for anyone who is completely > confused by my answer. :-)
ah, Cil, now you're assuming that OSPF is a modern operating system or something akin to a data dictionary or programming language. It's not. This is in reference to another thread, for anyone who is completely confused by my answer. :-> cut and paste is so wonderful! > > Priscilla > > The Long and Winding Road wrote: > > > > always get me down. > > > > I had to cover for someone who is out on vacation. Simple > > customer network, > > hub and 6 spokes over frame relay. no biggie, except the > > installation people > > couldn't get it to work, so they had to call in the designer or > > the poor > > fool covering for him. > > > > hub site uses a single subinterface, and manual frame mapping. > > each spoke > > uses the physical interface. > > > > don't get me started. I would have done multiple point-to-point > > subinterfaces, and I would have knee jerked to EIGRP, but > > that's another > > story. Besides, the customer was probably a cheapskate, and > > didn't want to > > pay the few extra bucks a month for more PVC's at the hub. > > > > In any case, the configs looked good to me and I was able to > > mock something > > up in my home lab. ospf network type point-to-multipoint on all > > interfaces > > and the hub site subinterface. works like a charm. > > > > however, in the customer network, two of the spoke sites just > > would not come > > up or form ospf neighbor relationships. all the frame mappings > > were ok. I > > could ping from any router to any other router. so what gives? > > when I > > checked the debugs on the spoke sites that were failing, I > > could see an > > error about the link going down every time I put an ospf network > > point-to-multipoint command on the interface. as soon as I > > changed the ospf > > network type to broadcast, the link came up and adjacencies > > formed. > > > > I checked CCO and did not find anything in particular. There is > > a bug listed > > for ospf point-to-multipoint and unnumbered interfaces. I > > called TAC, but no > > help there. > > > > this got me to wondering if anyone has run into anything like > > this before? > > > > Chuck > > > > > > -- > > TANSTAAFL > > "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=59330&t=59269 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
