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Virtual Links Question

John Apricena
Level 1
Level 1

Hello Everyone,

I am studying for my CCNP Route exam and am having issues configuring A Virtual Link for OSPF. I attached the diagram. I have full connectivity with all neighbors. And R2 has routes all the way up to R4, however nothing for R6. The RID for R6 is 6.6.6.6 and the RID for R1 is 1.1.1.1. I thought I have this virutal link setup properly but I guess I dont since it isn't working . Again every neighbor realtion the whole way is established however onyl the Vitual Link wil lnot come up. When I run SHOW IP OSPF VIRTUAL-LINKS, both R1 and R6 show the link as down. Could I be missing a command or maybe I just have a misunderstanding of how virutal links actually work? Any help or advicewould be greatly appreciated.Thanks to All!

Show Run for R1:

R1#show run

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 1120 bytes

!

version 12.4

service timestamps debug datetime msec

service timestamps log datetime msec

no service password-encryption

!

hostname R1

!

boot-start-marker

boot-end-marker

!

!

no aaa new-model

memory-size iomem 5

ip cef

!

no ip domain lookup

ip auth-proxy max-nodata-conns 3

ip admission max-nodata-conns 3

!

multilink bundle-name authenticated

!

archive

log config

  hidekeys

!

interface Loopback0

ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255

!

interface FastEthernet0/0

ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0

ip ospf network point-to-point

duplex auto

speed auto

!

interface FastEthernet0/1

ip address 172.16.20.1 255.255.255.0

ip ospf network point-to-point

duplex auto

speed auto

!

router ospf 1

log-adjacency-changes

area 1 virtual-link 6.6.6.6

network 1.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0

network 172.16.20.0 0.0.0.255 area 1

network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0

!

ip forward-protocol nd

!

no ip http server

no ip http secure-server

!

control-plane

!

line con 0

exec-timeout 0 0

logging synchronous

line aux 0

line vty 0 4

end

SHOW RUN FOR R6:

R6#show run

Building configuration...

Current configuration : 1045 bytes

!

version 12.4

service timestamps debug datetime msec

service timestamps log datetime msec

no service password-encryption

!

hostname R6

!

boot-start-marker

boot-end-marker

!

no aaa new-model

memory-size iomem 5

ip cef

!

no ip domain lookup

ip auth-proxy max-nodata-conns 3

ip admission max-nodata-conns 3

!

multilink bundle-name authenticated

!

archive

log config

  hidekeys

!

interface Loopback0

ip address 6.6.6.6 255.255.255.255

!

interface FastEthernet0/0

ip address 192.168.250.2 255.255.255.0

ip ospf network point-to-point

duplex auto

speed auto

!

interface FastEthernet0/1

no ip address

shutdown

duplex auto

speed auto

!

router ospf 1

log-adjacency-changes

area 1 virtual-link 1.1.1.1

network 6.6.6.6 0.0.0.0 area 100

network 192.168.250.0 0.0.0.255 area 100

!

ip forward-protocol nd

!

no ip http server

no ip http secure-server

!

control-plane

!

line con 0

exec-timeout 0 0

logging synchronous

line aux 0

line vty 0 4

!

!

end

R6#

1 Accepted Solution

Accepted Solutions

Peter Paluch
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi John,

Virtual links are configured within a transit area only, not between areas. In your case, the virtual link must be contained within Area 1 which is the area that "stands in the way" between the Area 100 and the backbone area. In other words, the endpoints of the virtual link must be routers R1 and R4, not R6.

Best regards,

Peter

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Peter Paluch
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi John,

Virtual links are configured within a transit area only, not between areas. In your case, the virtual link must be contained within Area 1 which is the area that "stands in the way" between the Area 100 and the backbone area. In other words, the endpoints of the virtual link must be routers R1 and R4, not R6.

Best regards,

Peter

just to add one more thing to Peters solution that the transit area cannot be a stud area as well. It has to be a regular area.

would  I be right peter?

Hi Kishore,

You are absolutely correct. The transit area has to be capable of a complete routing including inter-area routes and external routes that may be present in the "far-away" area. Therefore, it is mandatory for a transit area to be a regular area.

Thank you for having this important fact stressed!

Best regards,

Peter

Hello Peter,

Thanks so much for the information. I tried what you said and it worked! I know also have a better understanding of how virtual links work as well.

Kishore,

You are also correct regarding how the tansit area cannot be a stub, and thank you so much for the input.