[c-nsp] OSPF and metrics

[Ian MacKinnon]

and what is the default distance of OSPF?

yes its 110, so you need to make the floating route have a distance 
higher than that!

So, all working now.



On 04/02/2009 11:37, Ian MacKinnon wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I think my brain is misfiring today.
>
> I am trying to provide some backup services between to gateway 
> routers, on one router I just have a simple route statetment, and on 
> the second router I have the same route with a metric on the end :-
>
> router 1
>     ip route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 10.1.0.0.1
> router 2
>     ip route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 10.2.0.01 666
>
> ie router1 sends it via its connection, and router 2 is available when 
> the link from router 1 goes away
>
> This is then redistributed into ospf on both router, both routers then 
> have the same neighbour upstream
>  redistribute static metric-type 1 subnets
>
> However when I look upstream I am not seeing the metric, and it is 
> choosing the router 2 route
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
> Ian
>
>
>
>
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