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Lab 29 – OSPF Reducing LSA Flooding

Prerequisites: CCNP level skills.
Note!
Use the configuration from Lab6.
Topology
Pic. 1 – OSPF Topology.
Notice!
OSPF routers re-flood all LSAs every 30 minute (MaxAge).

Task 1
Configure area 1 so that the LSAs never age out in this area.
Lab Solution

Task 1
Configure area 1 so that the LSAs never age out in this area.

R1 OSPF Configuration:

!
interface FastEthernet1/0
ip address 10.1.124.1 255.255.255.0
ip ospf flood-reduction
!

R2 OSPF Configuration:

!
interface FastEthernet1/0
ip address 10.1.124.2 255.255.255.0
ip ospf flood-reduction
!

R4 OSPF Configuration:

!
interface FastEthernet1/0
ip address 10.1.124.4 255.255.255.0
ip ospf flood-reduction
!
interface Loopback0
ip address 172.16.104.4 255.255.255.0
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip ospf flood-reduction
!
interface Loopback1
ip address 172.16.144.4 255.255.255.0
ip ospf network point-to-point
ip ospf flood-reduction
!

Verification:

Pic. 1
Note!
Both R1 and R2 set DoNotAge flag in their LSAs.

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