Re: OSPF and back2back FE connection

Thanks group for some insights.

I did a back to back connection for both F0/1 and run ospf
on
both router to learn each other routes and it seems working
okay.The two router are in the same room now, I moved it
from
the other building 

Thanks mate!
Jack


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:29 AM, John Lopez  wrote:
> Ok looks like you have a spare Fast Ethernet interface.
Why don't you try
to
> cross-connect the two routers using Fa0/1 the create
those static routes?
> You can also do OSPF if you want. Configure the OSPF
parameters and all,
> making sure that all the internal interfaces are
configured in the OSPF
area
> then slowly remove the static routes. OSPF will work
with this kind of
> scenario. Anyway, how far were these two routers
separated? Same building
or
> you still need a WAN connection?
>
> Jack Rams wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,Thanks for the reply...It is a production
network,i'm a little bit
>> hazy reconfiguring the whole network...each network
has 3 interface vlans
>> using static routes..each vlans has different ip
address range.
>>
>> examples:
>> Network1:
>> F0/0: 206.x.x.x Internet link
>> F0/1: vacant
>> vlan1: 192.168.10.0/24
>> vlan2: 192.168.30.0/24
>> vlan3: 192.168.40.0/24
>>
>> Network2:
>> F0/0: 206.x.x.x Internet link
>> F0/1: vacant
>> vlan1: 192.168.100.0/24
>> vlan2: 192.168.101.0/24
>> vlan3: 192.168.108.0/22
>>
>> that's basically the inside ip addresses of each
network.
>> I was just thinking if i do the back2back
connection for
>> F0/1 interfaces and implement ospf protocols it
would solve
>> the problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jack
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/27/08, John Lopez  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What about the internal routing protocol
routing inside the network? Is
>>> it using EIGRP or OSPF or simply RIP. If no
routing protocol is running
>>> yet then maybe this is the time to configure
one.
>>>
>>> John
>>> Jack Rams wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> both has their own internet line(8Mb
each)...i only need both internal
>>>> network to see or communicate to each
network...both router setup
>>>> is static route to uptreams provider.
>>>>
>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/27/08, Ted Kim  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It'd be better to have more details. Is
this connection over the
>>>>> internet or point-to-point? What is the
native routing protocol used in
>>>>> each network?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ted
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nobodygroupstudy.com
[mailto:nobodygroupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Jack Rams
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:53 AM
>>>>> To: ciscogroupstudy.com
>>>>> Subject: OSPF and back2back FE
connection [7:131273]
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>>> I got a dilemma on two different or
independent network(2 router
>>>>> 3825)..it has their own
>>>>> inside private network and luckily
different ip address ranges.
>>>>>
>>>>> It needs to be merged as one network
and i was planning to just
>>>>> use a back to back connection using FE
interface and also use ospf
>>>>> as routing protocol to see each other
networks and some ACL's to
>>>>> block other network too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this the best how to do it?
>>>>>
>>>>> any inputs is appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Jack




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