From: Richard Foltz (ccie2b@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 11:30:50 GMT-3
   
I've got multiple 2500s here at my home lab running 12.0(14) and they all
can do 'clear ip ospf process'.
r2504#clear ip ospf proc
Reset ALL OSPF processes? [no]: yes
r2504#
Richard Foltz, CCNP-Voice, CCDP, MCSE+I, Network+, A+
RTP 11/2
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Neiberger" <neiby@excite.com>
To: "Richard Foltz" <ccie2b@rfoltz.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Resolved, was OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]
> What IOS version has that command?  I've never seen anything other than
> "clear ip ospf redistribution".  That would certainly fix the problem.  In
a
> lot of cases simply shutting down the interface for a bit and then
> restarting it clears things up.  With the authentication issue, though, it
> never seemed to work.
>
> BTW, I just checked.  Clear ip ospf process is not available on a 2500 or
> 2600 but it is available on our 7513.  I've never noticed that since we
> don't run OSPF at work.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:29:03 -0500, Richard Foltz wrote:
>
> |  might wanna try a 'clear ip ospf process' instead of rebooting all the
> time.
> |
> |  Richard Foltz, CCNP-Voice, CCDP, MCSE+I, Network+, A+
> |  3rd Attemp @ RTP 11/2-3
> |
> |  ----- Original Message -----
> |  From: "John Neiberger" <neiby@excite.com>
> |  To: <cisco@groupstudy.com>
> |  Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> |  Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:07 PM
> |  Subject: Resolved, was OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]
> |
> |
> |  > Well...sort of resolved.  After upgrading more of my routers to
> 12.1(10) I
> |  > rebuilt my lab and attempted the ospf lab again.  This time it still
> would
> |  > not work, but instead of getting a Mismatched Authentication Key
error
> |  > during debugging I was getting a Mismatched Authentication Type.  It
> |  claimed
> |  > that one end was using Type 0 and the other was Type 1.  I don't
really
> |  know
> |  > what that means so I tinkered for a while.
> |  >
> |  > I tried many different combinations to no avail and eventually put
> |  > everything back the way I honestly thought it should be.  Still
> nothing.
> |  > So, I rebooted...and guess what...it came up just fine.
> |  >
> |  > This really irritates me.  Why would I need to reboot?  It seems like
I
> do
> |  a
> |  > lot of rebooting when playing with ospf!  :-)  Maybe that's just me,
> |  though.
> |  >
> |  > Anyway, here is what the final working config looks like (and it's
> exactly
> |  > what I *thought* should have worked in the first place):
> |  >
> |  > R4 is in Area 0 and Area 1.  R5 connects to R4 and has interfaces in
> area
> |  5.
> |  >
> |  > R4 ospf config:
> |  >
> |  > router ospf 1
> |  >  log-adjacency-changes
> |  >  area 0 authentication
> |  >  area 1 virtual-link 212.1.22.1 authentication-key cisco
> |  >  network 200.100.100.17 0.0.0.0 area 4
> |  >  network 212.1.22.33 0.0.0.0 area 1
> |  >  network 212.1.22.84 0.0.0.0 area 0
> |  >
> |  > R5 ospf config:
> |  >
> |  > router ospf 1
> |  >  network 212.1.22.34 0.0.0.0 area 1
> |  >  network 20.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 5
> |  >  network 20.1.2.1 0.0.0.0 area 5
> |  >  network 20.1.3.1 0.0.0.0 area 5
> |  >  area 0 authentication
> |  >  area 1 virtual-link 200.100.100.17 authentication-key cisco
> |  >  area 5 range 20.1.0.0 255.255.0.0
> |  >
> |  > Very simple, very straightforward, and dang it, it should have worked
> two
> |  > days ago!  Oh well. Perhaps I was overlooking something and tonight's
> |  > configs are *exactly* the same as I had them two days ago.
> |  >
> |  > Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions!
> |  >
> |  > John
> |  >
> |  >
> |  > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:40:50 -0400, Ryan Ngai Hon Kong wrote:
> |  >
> |  > |  Don't you think fixing up the router-id in this scenario is
> |  > |  better to ensure consistent virtual link and since
> |  > |  you keep rebooting the router?
> |  > |
> |  > |  Just an opinion.  :)
> |  > |  Regards,
> |  > |  Ryan
> |  > |
> |  > |  -----Original Message-----
> |  > |  From: John Neiberger [mailto:john.neiberger@efirstbank.com]
> |  > |  Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:06 PM
> |  > |  To: cisco@groupstudy.com
> |  > |  Subject: RE: OSPF Virtual Link Authentication [7:23867]
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |  Thanks.  I was configuring it as you suggest.  I played around
with
> |  this
> |  > |  more last night and I never got it to work.  It's frustrating
> because
> |  it
> |  > |  seems so simple, yet I must be missing something that's right
under
> my
> |  > |  nose.
> |  > |
> |  > |  I had some problems with lab equipment last night that I finally
> |  > |  resolved.  So, tonight I'll rebuild everything from scratch and
see
> if
> |  I
> |  > |  can make it work.
> |  > |
> |  > |  John
> |  > |
> |  > |  >>> "Frank B"  10/23/01 1:10:15 AM >>>
> |  > |  Not sure if you received any possible issues other than the
> whitespace.
> |  > |   But
> |  > |  another common error...there are NO interface commands required
for
> |  > |  the
> |  > |  interfaces into the transit area.  The authentication commands are
> |  > |  placed at
> |  > |  the end of the area x virtual-link command under the ospf process.
> |  > |  For
> |  > |  instance:
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |  Ra-----area0-----Rb-----area1-----Rc-----area2------Rd
> |  > |
> |  > |  If area0 requires authentication, the only commands required to
> |  > |  authenticate
> |  > |  on the virtual-link transiting area1 are:
> |  > |
> |  > |  Rc#
> |  > |  router ospf 1
> |  > |  area 1 virtual-link [Rb rtr id] authenticatio-key cisco
> |  > |  area 0 authentication
> |  > |
> |  > |  AND of course the same commands on the ospf process of Rb also.
> This
> |  > |  example was plain text but the "question mark" will help get you
the
> |  > |  md5
> |  > |  commands.  The way I remember it...this virtual link IS my
interface
> |  > |  into
> |  > |  the backbone so I ONLY need to configure there.
> |  > |
> |  > |  Hope this helps,   aloha,  Frank
> |  > |
> |  > |  -----Original Message-----
> |  > |  From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On
Behalf
> Of
> |  > |  John Neiberger
> |  > |  Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 6:54 PM
> |  > |  To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> |  > |  Subject: OSPF Virtual Link Authentication
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |  I was working on Fatkid 401 OSPF lab tonight and I could never get
> the
> |  > |  virtual link authentication to work correctly.  No matter what I
> did,
> |  > |  I
> |  > |  would get errors stating I had a mismatched authentication key.
> Well,
> |  > |  the
> |  > |  key was "cisco" so that's not too hard to type in correctly.
Still,
> I
> |  > |  played with the configs on the two relevant routers and I rebooted
> |  > |  them
> |  > |  several times, all to no avail.
> |  > |
> |  > |  I even changed the authentication type to md5 and got the same
> |  > |  message.
> |  > |  Very weird. I thought at one point this was an IOS issue because
one
> |  > |  router
> |  > |  was running 11.2(7) and the other 11.2(25a).  I upgraded the first
> one
> |  > |  to
> |  > |  11.2(25a) and I still see the same error.
> |  > |
> |  > |  I peeked at the solution and saw that I had it configured exactly
> how
> |  > |  they
> |  > |  suggested.  Then I checked CCO and saw that they suggest the same
> |  > |  configuration.
> |  > |
> |  > |  Do any of you have any tips for configuring virtual link
> |  > |  authentication?
> |  > |  This seems to be a pretty simple config and I don't see what I'm
> |  > |  missing.
> |  > |
> |  > |  Thanks,
> |  > |  John
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |
> |  > |
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