[Xorp-users] OSPF Areas and Linux Route table

Sukrit Dasgupta sd88 at drexel.edu
Mon Mar 3 10:47:00 PST 2008


Hi Atanu,

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

Thanks for your time!
Sukrit


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> From: Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu>
> Date: March 1, 2008 10:13:02 PM EST
> To: atanu at icsi.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Xorp-users] OSPF Areas and Linux Route table
>
> Hi Atanu,
>
> Here are the show ospf database output:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------- XORP/Linux/Area1/RouterID:12.0.11.2
>
>  show ospf4 database
>    OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.1
>  Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt   
> Cksum  Len
> Router  *12.0.11.3        12.0.11.3        0x80000002    86  0x2   
> 0xdf0a  36
> Network *12.0.11.3        12.0.11.3        0x80000001    86  0x2   
> 0xe9b1  32
> Router   192.168.0.7      192.168.0.7      0x80000002    86  0x22  
> 0x64b0  36
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------Cisco7200/Area0/RouterID:192.168.0.7
>
>
> show ip ospf database
>
>             OSPF Router with ID (192.168.0.7) (Process ID 12)
>
>                 Router Link States (Area 1)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum  
> Link count
> 12.0.11.3       12.0.11.3       305         0x80000002 0xDF0A   1
> 192.168.0.7     192.168.0.7     304         0x80000002 0x64B0   1
>
>                 Net Link States (Area 1)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum
> 12.0.11.3       12.0.11.3       305         0x80000001 0xE9B1
>
>             OSPF Router with ID (192.168.1.7) (Process ID 14)
>
>                 Router Link States (Area 0)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum  
> Link count
> 192.168.0.1     192.168.0.1     309         0x800006CD 0x33C    4
> 192.168.0.2     192.168.0.2     157         0x800006D1 0xE0C    2
> 192.168.0.3     192.168.0.3     2172        0x800006C8 0xAF82   2
> 192.168.0.4     192.168.0.4     1787        0x800006CB 0x282C   1
> 192.168.1.7     192.168.1.7     146         0x80000006 0xF784   2
> 192.168.1.8     192.168.1.8     270         0x80000002 0x95F8   1
> 192.168.1.10    192.168.1.10    270         0x80000002 0x98AE   1
>
>                 Net Link States (Area 0)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum
> 14.0.13.111     192.168.0.1     537         0x800006C5 0x4063
> 14.0.23.115     192.168.0.3     383         0x8000013E 0xC15D
> 14.0.24.115     192.168.0.4     1855        0x8000013D 0xBC60
> 14.1.78.2       192.168.1.8     339         0x80000001 0xABD8
> 14.1.107.2      192.168.1.10    338         0x80000001 0x73EF
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------- Cisco7200/Area0/ 
> RouterID:192.168.0.10
>
>
> show ip ospf database
>
>             OSPF Router with ID (192.168.0.10) (Process ID 16)
>
>                 Router Link States (Area 2)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum  
> Link count
> 16.0.43.2       16.0.43.2       791         0x8000002F 0xEA83   1
> 192.168.0.10    192.168.0.10    222         0x80000003 0x30D4   1
>
>                 Net Link States (Area 2)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum
> 16.0.43.2       16.0.43.2       228         0x80000001 0x9B95
>
>             OSPF Router with ID (192.168.1.10) (Process ID 14)
>
>                 Router Link States (Area 0)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum  
> Link count
> 192.168.0.1     192.168.0.1     268         0x800006CD 0x33C    4
> 192.168.0.2     192.168.0.2     115         0x800006D1 0xE0C    2
> 192.168.0.3     192.168.0.3     2131        0x800006C8 0xAF82   2
> 192.168.0.4     192.168.0.4     1746        0x800006CB 0x282C   1
> 192.168.1.7     192.168.1.7     104         0x80000006 0xF784   2
> 192.168.1.8     192.168.1.8     229         0x80000002 0x95F8   1
> 192.168.1.10    192.168.1.10    227         0x80000002 0x98AE   1
>
>                 Net Link States (Area 0)
>
> Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum
> 14.0.13.111     192.168.0.1     496         0x800006C5 0x4063
> 14.0.23.115     192.168.0.3     342         0x8000013E 0xC15D
> 14.0.24.115     192.168.0.4     1769        0x8000013D 0xBC60
> 14.1.78.2       192.168.1.8     253         0x80000001 0xABD8
> 14.1.107.2      192.168.1.10    251         0x80000001 0x73EF
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------XORP/ 
> Linux/Area1/RouterID:16.0.43.2
>
>
>  show ospf4 database
>    OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.2
>  Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt   
> Cksum  Len
> Router  *16.0.43.2        16.0.43.2        0x80000030   492  0x2   
> 0xeb43  36
> Network *16.0.43.2        16.0.43.2        0x80000001   492  0x2   
> 0x9b95  32
> Router   192.168.0.10     192.168.0.10     0x80000002   493  0x22  
> 0x2338  36
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sukrit
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Atanu Ghosh wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The next step is the output of "show ospf4 database" so we can see  
>> what
>> is actually in the database.
>>
>>    Atanu.
>>
>>>>>>> "Sukrit" == Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu> writes:
>>
>>     Sukrit> Hi Atanu,
>>     Sukrit> Here are the neighbor tables, the adjacencies are  
>> 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       
>> 192.168.1.7
>>     Sukrit> 1    32
>>
>>     Sukrit> On Cisco 7200 (Router id 192.168.1.7 )connected to  
>> 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     
>> 12.0.11.3
>>     Sukrit> Ethernet2/0
>>     Sukrit> 192.168.1.10      1   FULL/DR         00:00:37     
>> 14.1.107.2
>>     Sukrit> Ethernet2/1
>>
>>     Sukrit> On Cisco 7200 (Router id 192.168.1.10) connected to  
>> 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     
>> 16.0.43.2
>>     Sukrit> Ethernet1/0
>>     Sukrit> 192.168.1.7       1   FULL/BDR        00:00:31     
>> 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       
>> 192.168.1.10
>>     Sukrit> 1    39
>>
>>
>>     Sukrit> So you see, the routers can see each other however,  
>> the correct area
>>     Sukrit> information is not propagating through for some  
>> reason. A similar
>>     Sukrit> setup used to work earlier before a power failure  
>> knocked out the
>>     Sukrit> machines running XORP. I used to validate the reach- 
>> ability through
>>     Sukrit> "route -e" on the linux machines.
>>     Sukrit> I was wondering if its a linux issue and I forgot  
>> something about
>>     Sukrit> some flags since its been a long time I played with  
>> XORP. 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:
>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The output of "show ospf4 neighbor" would be a useful starting  
>>>> point
>>>> to verify that the adjacencies have been correctly formed.
>>>>
>>>> Atanu.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Sukrit" == Sukrit Dasgupta <sd88 at drexel.edu> writes:
>>>>
>>     Sukrit> Hi list, I have a pretty simple setup of 3 areas using
>>>> OSPF:
>>>>
>>>>
>>     Sukrit> 12.0.0.0 (Area1: XORP on Linux)<---------->14.0.0.0
>>>> (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
>>>> table
>>     Sukrit> shows that only an entry for the corresponding area. So
>>>> for
>>     Sukrit> example, $route -e on the XORP with router with IP
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>     Sukrit> _______________________________________________ Xorp- 
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