[Xorp-users] OSPF Areas and Linux Route table

Atanu Ghosh atanu at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Mon Mar 3 11:23:45 PST 2008


Hi,

I'm glad that have you sorted out the problem, from the output that you sent
it did look as if the Cisco was failing to generate Summary-LSAs.

   Atanu.

>>>>> "Sukrit" == Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu> writes:

    Sukrit> Hi Atanu,

    Sukrit> Just wanted to update you that the issue got resolved. I was trying to
    Sukrit> do SNMP based automated configurations and for some reason, the Cisco
    Sukrit> routers werent liking the order in which OSPF configurations were
    Sukrit> taking place.

    Sukrit> Thanks for your time!

    Sukrit> Sukrit

    Sukrit> Begin forwarded message:

    Sukrit> From: Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu>

    Sukrit> Date: March 1, 2008 10:13:02 PM EST

    Sukrit> To: atanu at icsi.berkeley.edu

    Sukrit> Subject: Re: [Xorp-users] OSPF Areas and Linux Route table

    Sukrit> Hi Atanu,

    Sukrit> Here are the show ospf database output:

    Sukrit> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Sukrit> -------- XORP/Linux/Area1/RouterID:12.0.11.2

    Sukrit> show ospf4 database

    Sukrit> OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.1

    Sukrit> Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt
    Sukrit> Cksum  Len

    Sukrit> Router  *12.0.11.3        12.0.11.3        0x80000002    86  0x2
    Sukrit> 0xdf0a  36

    Sukrit> Network *12.0.11.3        12.0.11.3        0x80000001    86  0x2
    Sukrit> 0xe9b1  32

    Sukrit> Router   192.168.0.7      192.168.0.7      0x80000002    86  0x22
    Sukrit> 0x64b0  36

    Sukrit> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Sukrit> ---------Cisco7200/Area0/RouterID:192.168.0.7

    Sukrit> show ip ospf database

    Sukrit> OSPF Router with ID (192.168.0.7) (Process ID 12)

    Sukrit> Router Link States (Area 1)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum Link
    Sukrit> count

    Sukrit> 12.0.11.3       12.0.11.3       305         0x80000002 0xDF0A   1

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.7     192.168.0.7     304         0x80000002 0x64B0   1

    Sukrit> Net Link States (Area 1)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum

    Sukrit> 12.0.11.3       12.0.11.3       305         0x80000001 0xE9B1

    Sukrit> OSPF Router with ID (192.168.1.7) (Process ID 14)

    Sukrit> Router Link States (Area 0)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum Link
    Sukrit> count

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.1     192.168.0.1     309         0x800006CD 0x33C    4

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.2     192.168.0.2     157         0x800006D1 0xE0C    2

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.3     192.168.0.3     2172        0x800006C8 0xAF82   2

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.4     192.168.0.4     1787        0x800006CB 0x282C   1

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.7     192.168.1.7     146         0x80000006 0xF784   2

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.8     192.168.1.8     270         0x80000002 0x95F8   1

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.10    192.168.1.10    270         0x80000002 0x98AE   1

    Sukrit> Net Link States (Area 0)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum

    Sukrit> 14.0.13.111     192.168.0.1     537         0x800006C5 0x4063

    Sukrit> 14.0.23.115     192.168.0.3     383         0x8000013E 0xC15D

    Sukrit> 14.0.24.115     192.168.0.4     1855        0x8000013D 0xBC60

    Sukrit> 14.1.78.2       192.168.1.8     339         0x80000001 0xABD8

    Sukrit> 14.1.107.2      192.168.1.10    338         0x80000001 0x73EF

    Sukrit> ---------------------------------------------
    Sukrit> Cisco7200/Area0/RouterID:192.168.0.10

    Sukrit> show ip ospf database

    Sukrit> OSPF Router with ID (192.168.0.10) (Process ID 16)

    Sukrit> Router Link States (Area 2)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum Link
    Sukrit> count

    Sukrit> 16.0.43.2       16.0.43.2       791         0x8000002F 0xEA83   1

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.10    192.168.0.10    222         0x80000003 0x30D4   1

    Sukrit> Net Link States (Area 2)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum

    Sukrit> 16.0.43.2       16.0.43.2       228         0x80000001 0x9B95

    Sukrit> OSPF Router with ID (192.168.1.10) (Process ID 14)

    Sukrit> Router Link States (Area 0)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum Link
    Sukrit> count

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.1     192.168.0.1     268         0x800006CD 0x33C    4

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.2     192.168.0.2     115         0x800006D1 0xE0C    2

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.3     192.168.0.3     2131        0x800006C8 0xAF82   2

    Sukrit> 192.168.0.4     192.168.0.4     1746        0x800006CB 0x282C   1

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.7     192.168.1.7     104         0x80000006 0xF784   2

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.8     192.168.1.8     229         0x80000002 0x95F8   1

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.10    192.168.1.10    227         0x80000002 0x98AE   1

    Sukrit> Net Link States (Area 0)

    Sukrit> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum

    Sukrit> 14.0.13.111     192.168.0.1     496         0x800006C5 0x4063

    Sukrit> 14.0.23.115     192.168.0.3     342         0x8000013E 0xC15D

    Sukrit> 14.0.24.115     192.168.0.4     1769        0x8000013D 0xBC60

    Sukrit> 14.1.78.2       192.168.1.8     253         0x80000001 0xABD8

    Sukrit> 14.1.107.2      192.168.1.10    251         0x80000001 0x73EF

    Sukrit> -------------------------------------------------------------XORP/Linu
    Sukrit> x/Area1/RouterID:16.0.43.2

    Sukrit> show ospf4 database

    Sukrit> OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.2

    Sukrit> Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt
    Sukrit> Cksum  Len

    Sukrit> Router  *16.0.43.2        16.0.43.2        0x80000030   492  0x2
    Sukrit> 0xeb43  36

    Sukrit> Network *16.0.43.2        16.0.43.2        0x80000001   492  0x2
    Sukrit> 0x9b95  32

    Sukrit> Router   192.168.0.10     192.168.0.10     0x80000002   493  0x22
    Sukrit> 0x2338  36

    Sukrit> Thanks,

    Sukrit> Sukrit

    Sukrit> On Mar 1, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Atanu Ghosh wrote:

    Sukrit> Hi,

    Sukrit> The next step is the output of "show ospf4 database" so we can see
    Sukrit> what

    Sukrit> is actually in the database.

    Sukrit> Atanu.

    Sukrit> "Sukrit" == Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu> writes:

    Sukrit> Hi Atanu,

    Sukrit> Here are the neighbor tables, the adjacencies are
    Sukrit> correctly formed as

    Sukrit> follows:

    Sukrit> On XORP/Linux 12.0.11.3, show ospf4 neighbor shows:

    Sukrit> Address         Interface             State      ID

    Sukrit> Pri  Dead

    Sukrit> 12.0.11.2        eth0/eth0              Full
    Sukrit> 192.168.1.7

    Sukrit> 1    32

    Sukrit> On Cisco 7200 (Router id 192.168.1.7 )connected to
    Sukrit> 12.0.11.3 and to

    Sukrit> 14.1.107.2, sho ip ospf neighbor shows:

    Sukrit> Neighbor ID     Pri   State           Dead Time   Address

    Sukrit> Interface

    Sukrit> 12.0.11.3       128   FULL/BDR        00:00:38
    Sukrit> 12.0.11.3

    Sukrit> Ethernet2/0

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.10      1   FULL/DR         00:00:37
    Sukrit> 14.1.107.2

    Sukrit> Ethernet2/1

    Sukrit> On Cisco 7200 (Router id 192.168.1.10) connected to
    Sukrit> 14.1.107.1 and to

    Sukrit> 16.0.43.2, sho ip ospf neighbor shows:

    Sukrit> Neighbor ID     Pri   State           Dead Time   Address

    Sukrit> Interface

    Sukrit> 16.0.43.2       128   FULL/BDR        00:00:38
    Sukrit> 16.0.43.2

    Sukrit> Ethernet1/0

    Sukrit> 192.168.1.7       1   FULL/BDR        00:00:31
    Sukrit> 14.1.107.1

    Sukrit> Ethernet1/1

    Sukrit> On XORP/Linux 16.0.43.2, show ospf4 neighbor shows:

    Sukrit> Address         Interface             State      ID

    Sukrit> Pri  Dead

    Sukrit> 16.0.43.110      eth1/eth1              Full
    Sukrit> 192.168.1.10

    Sukrit> 1    39

    Sukrit> So you see, the routers can see each other however, the
    Sukrit> correct area

    Sukrit> information is not propagating through for some reason. A
    Sukrit> similar

    Sukrit> setup used to work earlier before a power failure knocked
    Sukrit> out the

    Sukrit> machines running XORP. I used to validate the
    Sukrit> reach-ability through

    Sukrit> "route -e" on the linux machines.

    Sukrit> I was wondering if its a linux issue and I forgot
    Sukrit> something about

    Sukrit> some flags since its been a long time I played with XORP.
    Sukrit> The

    Sukrit> ip_forward flag is set to 1.

    Sukrit> Thanks,

    Sukrit> Sukrit

    Sukrit> On Mar 1, 2008, at 2:52 AM, Atanu Ghosh wrote:

    Sukrit> Hi,

    Sukrit> The output of "show ospf4 neighbor" would be a useful starting point

    Sukrit> to verify that the adjacencies have been correctly formed.

    Sukrit> Atanu.

    Sukrit> "Sukrit" == Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu> writes:

    Sukrit> Hi list, I have a pretty simple setup of 3 areas using

    Sukrit> OSPF:

    Sukrit> 12.0.0.0 (Area1: XORP on Linux)<---------->14.0.0.0

    Sukrit> (Area 0:

    Sukrit> Cisco 7200 Testbed) <-----------------> 16.0.0.0 (Area 2:

    Sukrit> XORP on linux)

    Sukrit> The XORP border routers in Area 1 and Area 2 can ping the

    Sukrit> Cisco ABR routers, but thats about it. The linux route

    Sukrit> table

    Sukrit> shows that only an entry for the corresponding area. So

    Sukrit> for

    Sukrit> example, $route -e on the XORP with router with IP

    Sukrit> 12.0.11.2

    Sukrit> connected to the Cisco 7200 with IP 12.0.11.3 only shows

    Sukrit> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface

    Sukrit> 12.0.11.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1

    Sukrit> No OSPF area information is being shared amongst the

    Sukrit> routers.

    Sukrit> Any ideas?

    Sukrit> Thanks in advance Sukrit

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