OSPF - area design question

From: James MacDonald (j4m3sm63@yahoo.ca)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2007 - 23:05:08 ART


In an environment with 2 core routers in ospf area 0 connected back-to-back
... and a distribution router in a separate area connected to both cores with
PTP links ... do i need another link between the cores within the same
regional area for continuity of the area??? The ASCII art version of the
network would be like this:

    _area1_ RTR1 _area1_
   /
\
  / \
C1 ----- area 0 ------ C2
so do I need this?

    _area1_ RTR1 _area1_

   /
\

  / \

C1 \ ----- area 0 ----- /
C2
        \----- area 1 ------/

Hope this makes sense ... my formatting may
mess up in email ...

Thanks,

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Jim MacDonald
j4m3sm63@yahoo.ca
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