Routerconfig router ospf

ospf-interface command keywords and variables

Keywords and variables

Description

Default

Availability

authentication

Use the authentication

none

All models.

{md5 none text}

keyword to define the

 

 

authentication used for OSPF

 

 

 

packets sent and received by

 

 

 

this interface. If you select

 

 

 

none, no authentication is

 

 

 

used. If you select text, the

 

 

 

authentication key is sent as

 

 

 

plain text. If you select md5,

 

 

 

the authentication key is used

 

 

 

to generate an MD5 hash.

 

 

 

Both text mode and MD5

 

 

 

mode only guarantee the

 

 

 

authenticity of the update

 

 

 

packet, not the confidentiality

 

 

 

of the routing information in the

 

 

 

packet.

 

 

 

In text mode the key is sent in

 

 

 

clear text over the network.

 

 

 

Text mode is usually used only

 

 

 

to prevent network problems

 

 

 

that can occur if an unwanted

 

 

 

or misconfigured router is

 

 

 

mistakenly added to the

 

 

 

network.

 

 

 

If you configure authentication

 

 

 

for the interface, authentication

 

 

 

for areas is not used.

 

 

 

All routers on the network must

 

 

 

use the same authentication

 

 

 

type.

 

 

authentication-key

Enter the password to use for

No default.

All models.

<password_str>

text authentication.

 

authentication

 

The authentication-key

 

must be set to

 

must be the same on all

 

text.

 

neighboring routers.

 

 

 

The maximum length for the

 

 

 

authentication-key is 15

 

 

 

characters.

 

 

cost <cost_integer>

Specify the cost (metric) of the

10

All models.

 

link. The cost is used for

 

 

 

shortest path first calculations.

 

 

database-filter-out

Enable or disable flooding

disable

All models.

{disable enable}

LSAs out of this interface.

 

 

dead-interval

The time, in seconds, to wait

40

All models.

<seconds_integer>

for a hello packet before

 

 

declaring a router down. The

 

 

 

value of the dead-interval

 

 

 

should be four times the value

 

 

 

of the hello-interval.

 

 

 

All routers on the network must

 

 

 

use the same value for dead-

 

 

 

interval.

 

 

 

The valid range for

 

 

 

seconds_integer is 1 to

 

 

 

65535.

 

 

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