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RuggedRouter™ User Guide

The Enable Password field sets the password to be used for the enable command of ospfd. This is used by the telnet interface of ospfd to control access to the configuration.

The Telnet Password field sets the password to be used for telnet access to ospfd. This is used as the login password of ospfd when locally telnetting to port 2604 of the router.

The ABR-Typefield select which method to use on area border routers to manage inter area routes. Standard follows RFC2178, Cisco and IBM follow RFC3509. Shortcut is covered by the draft-ietf-ospf-shortcut-abr-00.txt document. Standard requires all ABRs to have a backbone connection. The other three methods allow for ABRs that do not have a backbone connection.

The Auto Cost Reference Bandwidth field sets the reference bandwidth used to calculate auto costs for OSPF interfaces. The auto cost is the reference bandwidth divided by the interface bandwidth. By default this is 100Mbit/10Mbit = auto cost of

10.The interface cost is set in the Core Interface configuration for each interface. The cost for each interface can also be set in the OSPF Interface configuration to override the auto cost calculation.

The Default Metric field sets the default metric to be used for OSPF routes which don't have another metric specified.

The Default-Information Originate field, when enabled, causes the router to advertise its default route to the OSPF network.

The Distance field sets the administrative distance to use for all routes unless overridden by other distance settings.

The Distance External field sets the administrative distance to use for all external routes (backbone routes). The Distance Inter-areafield sets the administrative distance to use for all routes between areas. The Distance Intra-areafield sets the administrative distance to use for all routes within an area.

The Hostname field sets the hostname for the ospf daemon. This value is only used as a a reference for convenience. The telnet interface prompt will contain this hostname. The router's system wide hostname is used if this field is left blank.

The Opaque LSA field controls the opaque LSA option. This feature is covered in RFC2370. This feature is sometimes used to distribute application specific information through a network using OSPF LSAs.

The Passive Default option controls the default active/passive state of new interfaces. When enabled all new interfaces will be passive by default. The passive state of individual interfaces is controlled from the OSPF Interfaces configuration.

The Refresh Timer field controls how frequently OSPF LSA refreshes occur.

The RFC 1583 Compatibility field controls support for RFC1583 compatibility. If this option is enabled OSPF will be compatible with the obsolete RFC1583 version of OSPF. By default it is compatible with RFC2178 version of OSPF only.

The Redistribute Connected fields control distribution of connected routes. When enabled, OSPF will advertise routes to directly connected interfaces to other OSPF routers in the area. Normally only routes that fall within the scope of the network areas will be advertised.

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