- On SW1 enable OSPF area 27 on VLAN 27 and Loopback0 interfaces.
- Do NOT use ‘network‘ statement or redistribution to accomplish the task.
- On SW2 and R5 enable OSPF area 215 on their Loopback0 and all interfaces with VLAN 215 membership. Use ‘network‘ statement with the most specific wildcard mask to accomplish this.
- Make sure SW2 is never elected a DR in VLAN 215. R1 should always be elected DR in case interfaces in VLAN 215 came up at the same time.
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Extra Credit
Take as much time as you need to answer the following questions:- Why does OSPF elect DR/BDR on certain types of networks?
- In what network types does OSPF elect DR/BDR?
- Does DR have to have full layer 2 reachability to other OSPF routers connected to the same segment? Why?
- What do we call a router that is neither DR nor BDR?
- If there are four routers connected to the same broadcast segment (the same broadcast domain), what are going to be OSPF states negotiated between them?
- In case of broadcast OSPF mode, what does LSDB show as far as the following are concerned (assuming default ospf mode): link connected to, link id, link data?
- What IP address is used when sending updates towards DR/BDR?
When you have solved the problem check the hint(s) below:
Lab Hint
- Does R5 see R1 as the DR and SW2 as DROTHER?
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