05-02-2020 09:09 AM
i All,
In my network we have OSPF between the routers. All are in area 0. From couple of days we are seeing routing loops for few routers Loopback IP. Suddenly ping will drop to destination router loopback IP (10.10.10.10). When i do traceroute to the loopback then the traffic will loop between router A and router B but traffic to other subnets which are behind router C will not have any issue. it will loop for few mins and fixes itself and after few mins again it will start. when there is a loop I have done traceroute from router B to router C loopback. No issue found but when i do it from A it will just loop. I saw the OSPF route and routing table while its getting loop. It looks good. when it getting loop, i went to router A and checked the routing for 10.10.10.10. it tell its reachable via router B. i go to router B and check routing. It tell its coming from router C. but when we do traceroute. it just loop between router A and router B. So traffic is not getting forwarded to router C from B even we have route in routing table.
Its happening for few hours and it fixes itself and will start after few hours or days. If i clear the OSPF then issue solves but will start after few days. It happens only for loopback due to this we are getting lot of monitoring alerts. Its happening for 6-8 L3 switch's.
Below is the traceroute results.
In real time its not router its L3 swicthes.
05-02-2020 09:10 PM
Hi,
We need more details as router configuration, routing table output, and OSPF database output to make your help.
05-03-2020 06:54 PM
HI,
I'm waiting for the issue to reoccur so that I can take all the required outputs.
05-05-2020 09:45 PM - edited 05-25-2020 07:47 PM
HI,
below is the config
!
router ospf 179
router-id *.*.*.*
log-adjacency-changes
auto-cost reference-bandwidth 10000
area 0 authentication message-digest
passive-interface default
no passive-interface Loopback0
network 10.0.0.0 0.63.255.255 area 0
!
05-03-2020 07:06 AM - edited 05-03-2020 07:17 AM
please post "show ip route ospf" , "show ip protocols" on each of the routers, this will help us to see the routing table and the advertise routes on each of the routers. Also very that the network statement on OSPF for loopback interface on router C is configure like this network 10.10.10.10 0.0.0.0 area 0. Cisco recommend advertising routes specific as possible, the more specific the route the better.
05-03-2020 06:54 PM
05-05-2020 09:46 PM
05-06-2020 12:54 AM - edited 05-06-2020 01:12 AM
Hello
You have posted two different topology’s diagrams so which one is the correct one?
You mention that ALL rtrs are in the same OSPF area if that is correct can you attach a file showing the results of the following show command.
show ip ospf database database-summary
show ip ospf database
05-06-2020 05:37 AM - edited 05-25-2020 07:48 PM
This is the final Diagram and realtime. I have attached the output of two files. One when we have loop, other when we don't have loop.
I'm pinging to loopback from my laptop and its get drops due to TTL expire.
05-07-2020 05:50 PM
I have cleared OSPF process in SWBTS30 and issue fixed. but my question is why it happen in random time and random devices. Also how clearing OSPF in SWBTS30 fixes routing issue at SHYTS30 and STRTS30.
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