other end has to do OSPF also.
traffic dump is of help with wireshark or ms monitor network.
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I am running ospfd on openbsd 4.5 and I am having issues distributing routes. I can see all the routes on my network fine from my obsd router when I run:
ospfctl show database router
however, when I go to my other ospf routers which are cisco and juniper I cannot see the interface of the obsd router.
I am using redistribute connected in my conf file, but I would like to change to specify what networks I am distributing. If I send out all connected it will cause issues. The "redistribute prefix [set ...]" looks promising, but I have not been able to find any examples for "prefix".
Thanks!
ospfd.conf:
router-id 10.9.220.1
redistribute connected
# areas
area 0.0.0.0 {
interface nfe0 {
hello-interval 1
auth-type none
}
interface lo1 {
passive
}
ospfctl show neighbor
ID Pri State DeadTime Address Iface Uptime
10.9.10.1 1 FULL/BCKUP 00:00:39 10.5.50.1 nfe0 00:08:01
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Hello gheist.
The other end is configured for OSPF. As you can see from my original post the show neighbor cmd shows the connected router. The issue I am having is flooding networks from my obsd router to the rest of my network.
Not sure how a traffic dump would help on this. It is a configuration flaw that I am having.
Specifically to gheist:
I apologize for being terse, but if you attempt to answer a question without thinking about the problem, or without being knowledgable about the area of interest, many users (like myself) will immediately notice that.
I said "I can see all the routes on my network fine from my obsd router when I run: "ospfctl show database router". Your first reply was to check is ospf was enabled on the other side. The command implies that the protocol is up and running between the two end points.
You then comment that wireshark is helpful for diagnosing issues. Really? I'm not sure if this is a breakdown of communication or a pure lack of respect for the asker of the question. If you want to see tcpdump captures, then ask.
Don't raise an objection because a user doesn't provide diagnostic information that you didn't actually ask for (again, breakdown of communication). I've flagged the question for review, and will continue to do so every time you respond to a question of mine without demonstrative expertise in the subject.
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by: loniadminPosted on 2009-05-14 at 13:34:29ID: 24389416
I was finally able to find someone who hinted at the proper redistribution:
ospfd.conf
redistribute 10.5.50.0/30
redistribute 10.9.220.1/32
However, it still is not being properly distributed to the network.
# ospfctl show fib
flags: * = valid, O = OSPF, C = Connected, S = Static
Flags Prio Destination Nexthop
*S 8 0.0.0.0/0 128.97.131.1
C 4 10.0.132.0/24 link#4
*C 4 10.5.50.0/30 link#1
*O 32 10.5.50.0/30 10.5.50.2
C 4 10.5.51.0/30 link#2
* 4 10.9.220.1/32 10.9.220.1
*S 8 127.0.0.0/8 127.0.0.1
*C 0 127.0.0.1/8 link#0
* 4 127.0.0.1/32 127.0.0.1
*C 4 128.XXX.XXX.0/24 link#3
*S 8 224.0.0.0/4 127.0.0.1