Configuring OSPF Routing
Configuring OSPF routing in the MultiVoice Gateway
MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide
Preliminary November 23, 1998
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RIP=Off
Ignore Def Rt=Yes
Proxy Mode=Always
Filter=0
IPX Frame=N/A
Note that RIP is turned off. It is not necessary to run both RIP and OSPF, and turning RIP
off reduces processor overhead. OSPF can learn routes from RIP, incorporate them in the
routing table, assign them an external metric, and tag them as external routes. (For more
information, see Chapter 8, “Configuring IP Routing.”)
2
Open Ethernet > Mod Config > OSPF Options and turn on RunOSPF:
OSPF options...
RunOSPF=Yes
3
Specify the area number and area type for the Ethernet:
Area=0.0.0.0
AreaType=Normal
In this case, the Ethernet is in the backbone area. (The backbone area number is always
0.0.0.0.) The backbone area is not a stub area, so leave the setting at its default. (For
background information, see “Stub areas” on page 9-6.)
4
Leave the Hello interval, Dead interval, and Priority values set to their defaults:
HelloInterval=10
DeadInterval=40
Priority=5
5
If authentication is required to get into the backbone area, specify the password.
For example:
AuthType=Simple
AuthKey=ascend0
If authentication is not required, set AuthType=None.
6
Configure the cost for the MultiVoice Gateway to route into the backbone area. For
example:
Cost=1
Then type a number greater than zero and less than 16777215. By default the cost of a
Ethernet connected route is 1.
7
Set the expected transit delay for Link State Update packets. For example:
TransitDelay=1
8
Specify the retransmit interval for OSPF packets.
RetransmitInterval=5
This parameter specifies the number of seconds between retransmissions of Link-State
Advertisements, Database Description and Link State Request Packets.
9
Close the Ethernet profile.
When you close the Ethernet profile, the MultiVoice Gateway comes up as an OSPF router on
that interface. It forms adjacencies and begins building its routing table.
