Chapter 33 OSPF

In the OSPF Configuration screen, click Virtual-Linkto display the screen as shown next.

Figure 156 IP Application > OSPF Configuration > OSPF Virtual Link

The following table describes the related labels in this screen.

Table 102 IP Application > OSPF Configuration > OSPF Virtual Link

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for

 

identification purposes.

 

 

Area ID

Select the area ID (in an IP address format with dotted decimal notation)

 

of an area to associate the interface to that area.

 

 

Peer Router

Enter the ID of a peer border router.

ID

 

 

 

Authenticatio

Note: Virtual interface(s) must use the same authentication method

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within the same area.

 

 

Select an authentication method. The choices are Same-as-Area,

 

None (default), Simple and MD5.

 

To exchange OSPF packets with a peer border router, you must make the

 

authentication method and/or password settings the same as the peer

 

border router.

 

Select Same-as-Areato use the same authentication method within

 

the area and set the related fields when necessary.

 

Select None to disable authentication. This is the default setting.

 

Select Simple to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this

 

interface using a simple password.

 

Select MD5 to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this

 

interface using MD5 authentication.

 

 

Key ID

When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, specify the

 

identification number of the authentication you want to use.

 

 

 

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