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User Manual for NRSW version 4.5.0.100
5.4.7. OSPF
The OSPF tab allows the NetModule router to be added to a network of OSPF routers.
Parameter
OSPF General Settings
OSPF status
Specifies whether the OSPF routing protocol is active
Redistribute
connected
routes
Redistribute routes to networks which are directly connected to the
NetModule router
Redistribute local routes
Redistribute routes from the NetModule router’s own routing table
Redistribute BGP routes
Redistribute routes learned via the BGP routing protocol
Redistribute default route
Redistribute the routers default route
Disable BGP when VRRP
slave
Disables the OSPF protocol when the router is set to slave mode by
the VRRP redundancy protocol
The interfaces tab is used to define OSPF specific settings for the IP interfaces of the router. If no
settings are defined for a specific interface, default settings will be used.
Parameter
OSPF Interfaces
Interface
The name of the interface for which settings shall be defined
Authentication
The authentication protocol to be used on the interface to authenticate
OSPF packets
Key
The key to be used for authentication
Key ID
The ID of the key to be used for authentication (1-255)
Cost
The cost for sending packets via this interface. If not specified or set
to 0 OSPF defaults are used.
Passive
Do not send out OSPF packets on this interface
The networks tab defines the IP networks to be handled in OSPF as well as to which routing area they
belong.
Parameter
OSPF Networks
Prefix
Prefix of the network
Prefix length
Length of the prefix
Area
Routing area to which this interface belongs (0-65535, 0 means back-
bone)
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