router ospf 1
router-id 199.74.221.1
You know.. if you ASK for features.. they do get implemented eventually.
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On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 10:18:44AM +0300, Basil V. Dolmatov wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Wade Williams wrote:
>
> >
> > > I don't know *why* this matters, but several of our "OSPF is broken
> > > again, and we can't figure out why" hair-pulling episodes have turned
> > > out to be router-id related. Why cisco can't put in an explict
> > > router-id directive in is beyond me.
> > >
> >
> > We've got one. A loopback interface.
> It was a great joke... Adding one more loopback with higher IP address will
> mess OSPF and will demand some dances around with cleaning that and
> clearing this in order to return network to operational state.
>
> "Why cisco can't put in an explict router-id directive in is beyond me."
>
> Fully agree with that.
>
> Seems the left hand in Cisco do not know the results of right hand job... ;)
>
> chuck(config-router)#bgp router-id ?
> A.B.C.D Manually configured router identifier
>
> I cannot understand why it was made in BGP (where it is less necessary than
> in OSPF) and was not made in OSPF, where it would save a lot of time wasted
> on "troubleshooting".
> >
> > Wade
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Wade Williams "..learning that we're
> > Systems Engineer, CCIE #3373 only immortal for a
> > NSP Ohio Valley Region limited time"
> > 7000 Executive Center Drive, Suite 101
> > Brentwood, TN 37027 - N. Peart
> > 615-221-2918
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Basil (Vasily) Dolmatov CCIE #5347, CCNP-Security, CCDA
> East Connection ISP, Moscow, Russia. (http://www.east.ru)
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