Re: OSPF and Priorities

From: Alan Ewer (acewer64@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 08 2008 - 00:33:31 ART


Ahhh that would explain it...
thort i was goin mad ..
cheers lads
regds
Alan E
brisbane

On 9/8/08, Jonathan Greenwood II <gwood83@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ahh good one Andy everyday we learn something. I thought the same as
> well.
>
> R/
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:59 PM, andy <andy@cloud9.net> wrote:
>
>> I did a little looking and it seems that:
>>
>> From "CiscoR OSPF Command and Configuration Handbook (CCIE Professional
>> Development)"
>>
>> Neighbor ospf priority lowest wins (section 11-5)
>>
>> Interface ospf priority highest wins (section 19-8)
>>
>> This was news to me. I always thought highest won.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Jonathan Greenwood II
>> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:56 PM
>> To: Alan Ewer
>> Cc: Cisco certification
>> Subject: Re: OSPF and Priorities
>>
>> How is it that i cannot get this command to set the DR
>> (ie the priority) from a neighbour.. ?
>>
>>
>> Hmm I just labbed it up. When I initially clear the proccess on R1 it
>> shows
>> the priority information being exchanged
>>
>> Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address
>> Interface
>> N/A 100 ATTEMPT/DROTHER 00:01:53 1.1.1.2
>> FastEthernet00
>>
>> But once the state is has established it shows as Priority 1
>>
>> Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address
>> Interface
>> 150.20.2.2 1 FULL/DR 00:01:59 1.1.1.2
>> FastEthernet00
>>
>> Good question though I have to play with it a little more or read
>> something
>> about it more. I agree with you on: R2's default priority of 1 should be
>> over-ruled by the "suggested priority
>> of 100
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Alan Ewer <acewer64@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All this is a bit of a picky question...here goes..
>> > OSPF will use the DR with the highest priority right..
>> > this can be set on an interface using the "ip ospf priority 100" command
>> > ...all good...no problem
>> >
>> > however the command neighbor 1.2.3.4 priority 100 is to set a
>> neighbours
>> > priority to 100 (if it has a lesser priority set..)
>> > The neighbor assesses the priority in the incoming hello and the
>> configured
>> > and the highest priority wins ...Am I right so far..
>> >
>> > How is it that i cannot get this command to set the DR
>> > (ie the priority) from a neighbour.. ?
>> >
>> > Ie if R1 and R2 are configured as NBMA.
>> > R1 is 1.1.1.1 and R2 is 1.1.1.2
>> >
>> > I want R2 to be the DR but am not permitted to set a priority. I should
>> be
>> > able to set R1 up as follows:
>> > ==================
>> > router ospf 1
>> > nei 1.1.1.2 priority 100
>> > ====================
>> > R2's default priority of 1 should be over-ruled by the "suggested
>> priority
>> > of 100
>> >
>> > What am I missing here ??
>> >
>> > Regds
>> > Alan E
>> > Australia
>> >
>> >
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