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Introduction I started www.ccnpguide.com as a way for me to capture technical notes as I prepared for the three major CCNP Exams – SWITCH, ROUTE, & TSHOOT. As I began sharing my notes with the world, I immediately started to receive feedback on the SWITCH exam‘s focus areas and how difficult it was. What I realized was that the examprep resources available (read: Cisco Press Books) were not even covering all of the exam topics, including some that you were required to configure in live simulation scenarios. First-time fail rates seemed normal and a big part of that was because the some of the simulation scenarios required you to know some extremely specific protocol configuration details that most network professionals just wouldn‘t know off the top of their heads. I began to tailor my notes to include topics that were not being covered in ―official‖ exam guides and trim med down those that just were not necessary. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive fromthe online community! The problem is, of course, that the notes were not formatted well for off-line consumption and didn‘t include enough lab/scenario -based examples. This guide is an answer to the countless requests to create a portable, comprehensive, and exam-focused ROUTE prep guide. I‘ve refined the online notes even more to focus exclusively on exactly what you Cisco expects you to know on exam day. I have also included a Simulation Scenarios sectionat the end. Lastly, Exam Takeaway notes are scattered throughout the guide to help connect you with the most important topics and study suggestions. Here‘s my recommendation. Read through this manuala few times and make sure you understand each chapter. Pay close attention tothe Exam Takeaway notes and take them seriously. After you feel comfortable with the details in each chapter, go to the Simu lation Scenarios section and run through the three scenarios until you can solve them off the top of your head. That may mean running through them ten times each, but trust me – you‘ll thank me when you sit for the test. If you have questions, exam feedback, or want to reach out to me directly - shoot me an
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Routing Basics
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EIGRP
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OSPF
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Route Redistribution & Filtering
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BGP
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VPNs & IPSec
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IPv6
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Simulation Scenarios
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Static Routes In order for routers to forward packets to remote networks, they must know how to reach them. There are two options: static or dynamic routes. Static routes are manually configured on each router.They are used for acouple of reasons: where there is only a single path to a network (a.k.a. stub network) when connecting to an ISP and configuring it as a default (static) route
There are a number of problems withimplementing static routes network-wide. Some include: failure to scale well does not automatically react/recover to changes in the network tedious to configure for large networks (see point 1)
To configure a static route: R1(conf)# ip route prefix mask address| interface [distance]
The prefix and mask is thedestination network and subnet mask. You can use address to define theIP address of the next hop towards the destination network or specify a local router interface that the router will use to send traffic out to the destination network. The optional distance descriptive can be used to manually define the administrative distance for the route.
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Static Default Routes One of the most common uses of static routes is for creating a default route.There are often cases when you wantto forward packets that is not defined ina specific route out an interface or towards another router. A common example is when connecting to an ISP. If traffic is destined for an address range not defined within your organization (i.e. your coworker‘s Facebook updates), then it makes sense to configure a default route towards your ISP or other organization.
To configure a static default route: R1(conf)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 address| interface
Floating Static Routes There are some circumstances when it makes sense to usea static route as a backup to a dynamic routing protocol.In order for this to work, however, the default administrative distance value on the static route must be raised so it will have a lower priority than the dynamic routing protocol (see administrative distance section below).
Dynamic Routing Dynamic routing protocols can dynamically respond to changes in the network.The routing protocol is configured on each router and the routers learn about both each other and remote networks.
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RIP v1,2 (ok, maybe this isn‘t very ―modern‖) EIGRP IS-IS OSPF BGP
Distance Vector vs. Link-State Distance Vector When routers run a distance vector dynamic routing protocol, they periodically send information about their known routes to their connected neighbors. This is how the router knows whether changes have beenmade to the network. They compare their routing table against – if it matches, theirgood. If not, they update their routing tables toreflect the changes.the information they receive from their neighbors RIP is an example of a distance vector routing protocol.
Link State Link state routing protocols operate differently.Routers send information about thestate of their links tothe entire network (orarea) that they are a part of. In this way, each router understands the entire network topology and must run an algorithm every time a network change is announced to recalculate the best routes throughout the network.This makes link state routing protocols much more processor intensive. The second major difference in link state routing protocols is that updates are only sent is a change on a router‘s link occurs. This helps keep bandwidth utilization low, unlike distance vector protocols which send out reoccurring updates regardless if a change has occurred.
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OSPF and IS-IS are examples of link state routing protocols.
Advanced Distance Vector This is the tile Cisco gives toEIGRP, which borrows the best attributes of both distance vector and link state designs.EIGRP does not send periodic route information, instead it sends updates only when changes occur (likelink state protocols). Also, EIGRP forms neighbor relationships with its directly connected peers and only updates them – not the entire network (like distance vector protocols).
Classful Concepts IP routing protocols are either classful or classless and that determines how they present route information.
Classful Classful routing protocols (like RIPv1) do not includethe subnet mask in routing updates. When an update is sent, thepacket contains only the major network information depending on whether it is a class A,B, or C address. For example, a route to network 172.16.10.0/24 would be advertised as 172.16.0.0/16 because its classful boundary is a class B address. Obviously if you have broken your major network boundaries up into smaller subnets that are more granular than the major classful boundaries, this will not work well and that‘s the reason almost all modern routing protocols are classless.
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Classeless Classless routing protocols (like RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP) include the subnet mask in routing updates allowing for VLSM support and supernetting.
Administrative Distance Routers need a way of determining which path to use to a destination network if two or more routing protocols are in use and both advertise a route. Administrative distance is Cisco‘sanswer. Cisco has assigned an administrative distance (AD) to each ro uting protocol that outlines which protocol a router will prefer.The AD values can bebetween 0 and 255 withthe lowest values being used for routing.
Default AD values :
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For example, if router R1 receives a route to network 10.10.10.200.0 from both EIGRP and a OSPF, the router will compare the administrative distance of the EIGRP learned route(90), to that of OSPF (110). The router will thenadd EIGRP‘s route to th e routing table because its AD is lower (90 < 110).
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E GRP Enhanced
Interior Gatewa Routin Protocol
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Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, or EIGRP, is a Cisco proprietary, advanced distance vector dynamic routing protocol.
EIGRP Characteristics Fast Convergence EIGRP uses the DUAL algorithm to converge veryquickly. It does this by knowing neighbor router‘s routing tables and predefi ning primary and secondary routes to every destination network.
Triggered Updates EIGRP uses partial triggered updates to its directly connected ne ighbors rather than periodically sharing its entire routing table.This saves link bandwidth because updates are only sent if a change is incurred, only the changes are sent in the update, and lastly – the updates are only sent to a routers‘s affected neighbors. Very efficient!
Protocol Independent Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol supports more than just IPv4. It supports IPv4, IPv6, IPX, andAppleTalk.
Multicast EIGRP sends route updates, hellos, and queries to its neighbors using the multicast address 224.0.0.10 so end hosts are not affected. Hellos are sent out every 5 seconds by default to learn about new neighbors and make sure existing neighbors are still available.
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Variable length subnet masking is supported by EIGRP because it is a classless routing protocol. That means subnet masks are included in route updates.
Terminology Feasible and advertised distance EIGRP‘s DUAL algorithm determines the best route to a particular network by using distance information, known as cost or metr ic. DUAL determines the lowest cost path by adding up the cost to the destination network. Neighbors exchange the cost to every route theyknow of when a neighbor adjacency is formed. A router then usesthat information to calculate their own cost to the same network by adding the cost between themselves and their neighbo r, then adding that to the neighbor‘s advertised cost.
So, (the cost between neighbors) + (the neighbor‘s cost to the destination network) = the total cost to the network, or the feasible distance. The cost the neighbor advertised to the remote network is know as the advertised distance.
See the diagram below.
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Successor Think of the successor as the active, or primary, route to a destination for EIGRP. The successor is actually the neighbor router that has the least-cost path to a destination network (a.k.a. has the lowest feasible distance). Successor routes are added directly to the routing table. You should also know that if multiple successors can exists if they have identical feasible distance values.
Feasible Successor This is more like the backup route EIGRP chooses to a destination network.This is what makes EIGRP convergence so uni que and so fast. It always tries to find a backup route to that in the even that the successor fails, it can immediately switch over to the feasible successor (backup) route with very little delay. To qualify as a feasible successor, the AD must be less than the successor‘s FD. This helps ensure a loop-free layer 3 path.
Tables Neighbor Table EIGRP discovers neighbors by sending out hellos every 5seconds. When a routers receives a hellowith the same AS numberdefined, it forms an adjacency and adds the local interface it used to reach it as well as the neighbor‘s IP address to the EIGRP neig hbor table.
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Topology Table When routers form an adjacency, they exchange routeinformation. That information is transferred to the EIGRP topology table, which contains all the destinations advertised by a router‘s neighbors. There are two different types of entries in the topology table, active and passive. Now you may think that the active entry isthe preferred or ―actively-in-use‖ route, but surprisingly, the opposite istrue. The route in the topology table that is in the active state signifies that it is ―actively‖ looking for an alternative path to a destination because thesuccessor has failed and no FS exists. Obviously this is notan ideal scenario.
If a router‘s successor becomes unavailable, but has a feasible successor – the FS will immediately become the successor and there is almost no delay incurred. This is the primary reason EIGRP convergencetimes tend to be some of the fastest of all the dynamic routing protocols. If, however, a router‘s successor becomes una vailable and does not have a FS to the destination, it will send query messages to all of its neighbors asking if they know of apath to the destination. The neighbors will either respond with a path or forward the query to all of their neighbor routers until a path is identified and relayed back to the srcinal requester or no more neighbor routers exist. During the time the router is waiting back for a response, it is unable to forward traffic to the destination network, which can hurt EIGRP‘s convergence time.
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Passive entries represent routes that have at least a single successor and perhaps a feasible succes sor. They are what you should seein a normal, stable topology. Notice the ―P‘s‖ inthe output from the show eigrp topolo gy command below. They indicate that theentries in the EIGRP topology table are in the passive (read: normal) state.
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R1#sh ip eigrp topology IP-EIGRP Topology Table for AS(1)/ID(10.1.1.1) Codes: P – Passive, A – Active, U – Update, Q – Query, R – Reply, r – reply Status, s – sia Status P 10.1.3.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 156160 via 10.1.100.3 (156160/128256), FastEthernet0/0 P 10.1.2.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 156160 via 10.1.100.2 (156160/128256), FastEthernet0/0 via 10.1.200.2 (2297856/128256), Serial1/0 P 10.1.1.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 128256 via Connected, Loopback1 P 192.168.100.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 156160 via 10.1.100.3 (156160/128256), FastEthernet0/0 P 10.1.100.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 28160 via Connected, FastEthernet0/0 P 10.1.200.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 2169856 via Connected, Serial1/0 ——————————————–
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EIGRP Messages Hello EIGRP hello packets are sent out every 5 seconds by default using multicast address 224.0.0.10 to maintain and discover neighbor relationships. On slower (T1 and below) and NBMAlinks, hellos are sentevery 60 seconds toconserve bandwidth. EIGRP hello packets also contains a hold timer which lets the router know if a neighbor is down.The hold timer is set to 15 seconds normally (~3 unresponsive hellos), and 180 seconds for slower WAN links. When a router receives a hellos packet from another router with the same AS (Autonomous System) number, it automatically forms a neighbor relationship (also known as an adjacency).
Update During the EIGRP start-up process on a router, an update message is sent out to its neighbors containing the contents of the router‘s routing table. The only other timean update packet is sent is when network changes occur on a router and it thensends out an update message to its neighbors who the route change would affect.
Query When EIGRP looses its successor route and does not have a FS, it sends out a query message to all of its neighbors asking if they know a path. (See topology section above)
Ack Acknowledgement packets are sent in response to update, query, and reply packets.
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Reply When a router responds to a neighbor router looking for a route (query), it sends it in the form of a reply.
Graceful Shutdown When an EIGRP process is shut down,the router sends out ―goodbye‖ messages to its neighbors (ironically in the form of hello packets). The neighbors can then immediately begin recalculating paths to destinations that went through the shutdown router without having to wait for the hold timer to expire.
EIGRP Metrics There are 5 descriptives EIGRP uses to calculate its metric, although Cisco generally does not recommend tuning these metrics unless you have a very specific purpose. You should be aware that onlythe bandwidth and delay numbers factor into the default formula.
Bandwidth– the lowest bandwidth value between the source and destination Delay – the cumulative delay along a series of links Reliability Load MTU
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Step 1. Define EIGRP as the routing protocol with apredefined Autonomous System ID. Routers will not form aneighbor relationship if their AS numbers do not match.
Example: R3(config)# router eigrp 1
Step 2. Define the attached networks you want to participate in EIGRP Add each network to the EIGRP process with the network prefix mask command for each network. The mask is an inverted mask, like ACLs use. Example, a /24 mask would be 0.0.0.255. The network prefix mask command tells the router whichlocal interfaces will then participate in EIGRP. This can be very useful if youdo not want specific interfaces to participate in EIGRP. Using the mask statement will define how youwant the routes summarized if you turn off autosummarization. If you choose not touse the mask, EIGRP will assume the networks are part of the major networks (class A,B,C boundaries) and could cause potential problems.
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Example: R3(config-router)#router eigrp 1 R3(config-router)# network 10.1.100.0 0.0.0.225 R3(config-router)# network 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.3 22 | Page
R3(config-router)# network 192.168.100.4 0.0.0.3 R3(config-router)# no auto-summary
The output of R3′s running configuration can be seen below.
R3#sh run | begin router eigrp 1 router eigrp 1 network 10.0.0.0 network 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.3 network 192.168.100.4 0.0.0.3 no auto-summary !
EIGRP Verification show ip eigrp neighbors Displays EIGRP neighbors a router has discovered. ——————————————–
R3#sh ip eigrp neighbors IP-EIGRP neighbors for process 1 H Address Interface
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show ip eigrp topology Displays the output of the EIGRP topology tables including successor and feasible successor routes. ——————————————–
R3#sh ip IP-EIGRP Codes: P r
eigrp topology Topology Table for AS(1)/ID(192.168.100.5) – Passive, A – Active, U – Update, Q – Query, R – Reply, – reply Status, s – sia Status
P 192.168.100.4/30, 1 successors, FD is 128256 via Connected, Loopback15 P 10.1.3.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 128256 via Connected, Loopback3 P 10.1.2.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 156160 via 10.1.100.2 (156160/128256), FastEthernet0/0 P 10.1.1.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 156160 via 10.1.100.1 (156160/128256), FastEthernet0/0 P 192.168.100.0/30, 1 successors, FD is 128256 via Connected, Loopback11 24 | Page
P 10.1.100.0/24, 1 successors, FD is 28160 via Connected, FastEthernet0/0 P 10.1.200.0/24, 2 successors, FD is 2172416 via 10.1.100.1 (2172416/2169856), FastEthernet0/0 via 10.1.100.2 (2172416/2169856), FastEthernet0/0
show ip route Shows the ip routing table entries for all routing protocols. ——————————————–
R3#sh ip route Codes: C – connected, S – static, R – RIP, M – mobile, B – BGP D – EIGRP, EX – EIGRP external, O – OSPF, IA – OSPF inter area N1 – OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 – OSPF NSSA external type 2 E1 – OSPF external type 1, E2 – OSPF external type 2 i – IS-IS, su – IS-IS summary, L1 – IS-IS level-1, L2 – IS-IS level-2 ia – IS-IS inter area, * – candidate default, U – per-user static route o – ODR, P – periodic downloaded static route Gateway of last resort is not set 10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 5 subnets C 10.1.3.0 is directly connected, Loopback3 D 10.1.2.0 [90/156160] via 10.1.100.2, 00:14:46, FastEthernet0/0 D 10.1.1.0 [90/156160] via 10.1.100.1, 00:14:55, FastEthernet0/0 C 10.1.100.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0 25 | Page
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10.1.200.0 [90/2172416] via 10.1.100.2, 00:14:46, FastEthernet0/0 [90/2172416] via 10.1.100.1, 00:14:46, FastEthernet0/0 192.168.100.0/30 is subnetted, 2 subnets 192.168.100.4 is directly connected, Loopback15 192.168.100.0 is directly connected, Loopback11
show ip route eigrp Displays the EIGRP routes that the routing table is using.All internal EIGRP routes will be markedwith a D (as in DUAL) at the beginning. ——————————————–
R3#sh ip route eigrp 10.0.0.0/24 is subnetted, 5 subnets D 10.1.2.0 [90/156160] via 10.1.100.2, 00:16:49, FastEthernet0/0 D 10.1.1.0 [90/156160] via 10.1.100.1, 00:16:57, FastEthernet0/0 D 10.1.200.0 [90/2172416] via 10.1.100.2, 00:16:49, FastEthernet0/0 [90/2172416] via 10.1.100.1, 00:16:49, FastEthernet0/0
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Additional EIGRP configuration options EIGRP Default Routes Defaults routes make life easier in many situations.They can decrease the size (and complexity) of the routing table by providing a path to all unspecified destinations. One option is to use a static default route with theip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 interface/address statement as discussed in the Routing Fundamentals page. This must be configured on every routerthat will use that default route. Another option if you are running EIGRP is to use the ip default-network network-number command IN GLOBAL CONFIG MODE. Any network that is reachable within the local router‘s routing table is eligible to be used by EIGRP as a default route. Once o c nfigured, EIGRP will advertise the route to its EIGRP neighbors as a default route.
** If you want to use this method, in conjunction with a static route – you will have to first redistribute the static route into EIGRP. ** Once you use the IP default-network command to define a default route for EIGRP, the router creates a static route in the configuration without notifying you. That means in order to remove the default route, you must use the no ip route command instead of no ip defaultnetwork.
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To disable automatic summarization: R1(config)# router eigrp 1 R1(config-router)# no auto-summary
It is also possible tomanually summarize routes with EIGRPout specific interfaces. Under the interface configuration mode, use t he ip summary-address eigrp autonomous-system command. R1(config)# intferface s0/0/0 R1(config-if)# ip summary-address eigrp 1 10.1.2.0 255.255.255.0
EIGRP over WAN Networks EIGRP + MPLS MPLS defines thecustomer‘s WAN routers as CE, or customer edge routers and the carrier‘s border routers as PE, or provider‘s edge routers. The CE routers appear to each otheras directly connected peers. When CE West sends information to CEEast, PE West intercepts the data, strips the Ethernet frame, encapsulates it into a MPLS packet, and forwards it over the service provider‘s network to PE East. EP East strips off the MPLS information, re-encapsulates it into an Ethernet frame and forwards it on to CE East.
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This transparent transport allows an EIGRP neighbor relationship to form between the two customer routers.
EIGRP + Frame Relay Let‘s face it, frame relay is a dying WANtechnology. Other, more current WAN options likeMPLS have taken over, but Cisco thinks it‘s important for us to understand the underlying framework ofhow frame relay works. Frame relay works usingswitched, virtual circuits 29 | Page
through the service provider network. One of the advantages of Frame Relay isthat it allows multiple logical circuits to be configured on a single physical interface. Each VC is identified with a locally-significant DLCI, or Data-Link Connection Identifier. The layer 2 virtual circuit must then be mapped to a layer three neighbor, which can be either dynamic or static. Frame relay is able to emulate point-to-point links by using multiple subinterface on a single physical interface (often used on hub-andspoke topologies). This allows neighbor‘s to beidentified as down muchmore quickly for two reasons:
1. The default timers are shorter (5 sec hold timer, 15 second dead timer). 2. The subinterface is marked down whenever its local DLCI goes down.
Static To configure frame relay statically, config urations must be done onthe interface level. The broadcast descriptive is required at the endof the statement because frame relay defaults toa non-broadcast medium. Also, static mappings can be applied toboth multipoint interfaces as well as subinterfaces on a single physical port. R1(config-if)# frame-relay map ip remote-ip-address loacl-dlci broadcast
Dynamic Dynamic mappings use inverse ARP. In this case, routers only form EIGRPneighbor relationships with other routers they connect to using a frame relay virtual circuit.
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No IP split horizon When running EIGRPon a frame relay multipoint subinterfaces, a major communication problem can occur.Split-horizon is a method of preventing routing loops in distance-vector routing protocols by prohibiting a router from advertising a route back onto the interface from which it was learned.
When a hub and spoke frame relay topology exists, multipoint subinterfaces are configur ed on the hub router. The issue is that split horizon is enabled by default, so in the example below, if R2 learns routes from R1, it cannot then pass those on to R3 because split horizon would prevent the advertisement from going out the samephysical interface. This results in R2 being able tocommunicate with the spoke router‘s networks, but R3 and R1 are unable to communicate with each other.
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To remedy the situation, split horizon must be disabled on the R2 EIGRP process. R2(config-if)# no ip split-horizon EIGRP as-number
Managing EIGRP Bandwidth There are two important points to remember whenrunning EIGRP over WANlinks. The first is that EIGRP assumes that WAN interfaces run at T1 speed (1544 kbs). The second is that EIGRP will allocate up to 50% of a link‘s bandwidth for EIGRP contr ol traffic. These two combined can be problematic on linksthat are slower than a T1 (like a64k fractional T1 for example). In that situation, EIGRP messages could choke out data traffic quickly. To control that, the bandwidth command should be used in WAN links to tell EIGRPwhat the actual link bandwidth is.
R1(config)# int serial 0/0/0 R1(config-if)# bandwidth64
EIGRP is often used onframe relay for this reason alone. The ability to control the routing protocol‘s usable bandwidt h so simply makes it a popular choice.
More EIGRP options Passive Interfaces
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Not to be confused with the passive (healthy) topology table entries, interfaces with the passive-interface command applied do not allow any routing updates or hellos out theinterface. For EIGRP, this means that the router willnot form adjacencies with connected routers on that particular port. R1(config)# router eigrp 1 R1(config-router)# passive-interface gig 3/1
Unicast EIGRP uses multicast address 224.0.0.10 when sending messages to its neighbors.You should be aware that EIGRPcan also use a unicast address when communicating witha specific neighbor. To configure it: R1(config)#router eigrp 1 R1(config-router)# neighborip-address The IP address used must be in one of the same subnet ranges as one of the router‘s interfaces.
EIGRP load balancing Out of the box, EIGRP will automatically load balance across equal-cost paths with no special configuration. EIGRP is unique, however, in its ability to load balance across unequal-cost paths with a single command. The variance command allows unequalcost load balancing over up to 6 different paths.But here‘s the key, itonly works when thecost of the path is lower than the variance number multiplied by the best metric.
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R1 will by default use thepath through R3 because it has the owest l metric. To enable unequal-cost load balancing, we can use the following command: R1(config)#router eigrp 1 R1(config-router)# variance2
The variance command multiplies the best cost (10,000) by 2 (20,000) and will begin load balancing across all paths with a FD less than that – which includes the path through R2(15,000). The will load balance the traffic in proportion to each path‘s metric.
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Maximum-paths By default, Cisco IOS will load balance across4 equal-cost paths only. Using the maximum-paths command, youcan configure the router to load balance over up to16 paths. Setting it to 1 disables the load balancing.
R1(config)# maximum-pathsnumber-of paths
EIGRP Authentication EIGRP supports authentication of its messages using an MD5hash. When configured, if an incoming EIGRPpacket‘s hash does not match the local hash, the packet is silently dropped.
Authentication configuration steps: 1. Configure a key chain to group the keys (read: passwords). 2. Create a key(s) inside thekeychain. The router will look inside the keychain and compare thekeys against incoming packets. 3. Enable authentication and assign akey to an interface, 4. Indicate MD5 as the authentication type.
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R1(config-keychain-key)# key-string samplepassword R1(config-keychain-key)# exit R1(config)# interface gig 1/12 R1(config-if)# ip authentication mode eigrp 10 md5 R1(config-if)# ip authentication key-chain eigrp 10 TEST
EIGRP Stub Routing If a router is a spoke in a hub-and-spoke router topology, it is considered a stub router.It is not a transit router and usually has only a single neighbor router, sometimes two. Within EIGRP you candefine a router as a stub router tolimit the EIGRP queries. This saves bandwidth and prevents neighbor routers from requesting alternate routes when a path fails. If you have many spoke routers, this can dramatically improve EIGRP reconvergence time. The EIGRP stub router still receives all route updates from its neighbor(s) by default.
R1(config)#router eigrp 1 R1(config-router)# eigrp stub[receive-only | connected | static | summary | redistributed]
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EIGRP Best Practices Summarize routes when possible. Limit the network depth to 7 hops. Limit the scope of EIGRP queries
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SPF
Open Shortest Path First
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OSPF, or Open Shortest Path First, is a link-state, open-standard, dynamic routing protocol.OSPF uses an algorithm known as SPF,or Dijkstra‘s Shortest Path First, to compute internally the best path to any given route. OSPF is classless and converges fairly quickly, using cost as it‘s metric. A router running OSPF creates its own database which contains information on the entire OSPF network, not simplyneighbor‘s routes like EIGRP. This allows the router to make intelligentchoices about path selection on its own instead of relying exclusively on neighbor information. OSPF routers do form neighbor relationships though.They exchange hellos with neighboring routers and inthe process learn their neighbor‘s Router ID(RID) and cost. Those values are then sent to the adjacency table. Every router is responsible for computing their own best paths to all destinations within an OSPF domain. Once the SPF algorithm selects the best paths, they are then eligible to be added to the routing table.
Link State Database Once a router has exchanged hellos with its neighbors and captured Router IDs and cost information, it begins sending LSAs, or Link State Advertisements. LSAs contain the RID and costs to the router‘s neighbors. LSAs are shared with every other router in the OSPF domain. A router stores all of its LSA information (including info it receives from incoming LSAs) in the Link State Database (LSDB). I apologize if the acronyms are starting to pile up. OSPF, architecturally speaking, is morecomplicated than it‘s counterpart EIGRP –and the long list of acronyms and definitions is part of that.
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Areas OSPF is different from EIGRP in that ituses areas to segment routing domains. This helps partition routers into manageable groups if the layer 3 network begins to get large. It all starts with area 0. Every OSPF network must contain an area 0,sometimes referred to as the backbone area and every additional area must be physically connected toarea 0. From there, other areas are optional. Note that the SPF algorithm only runs withina single area, so routers only compute paths within their own area. Inter-area routes are passed using border routers.
All link state databases must match within an OSPF area. This means that the more OSPF-enabled routers are configured for the same area, the more LSA advertisements that must besent out. After you reach about 50 routers, the high levels of LSA traffic and numerous routing table entries can become a problem. That is why Cisco recommends limiting an OSPF area to no more than 50-100 routers.
The following three factors determine the maximum number of routers: How easily the area‘s subnets can be summariz ed The type of areas being used The number of external LSAs being injected
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An added bonus of partitioning out your OSPF network into areas is that it is a natural fit for a hierarchical IP scheme.
Area Types Backbone area Another name for area 0
Regular area Non-backbone area, with both internal and external routes
Stub area Contains only internal routes and a default route
Totally Stubby Area Cisco proprietary option for a stub area
Not-So-Stubby area (NSSA) Contains internal routes, redistributed routes, and optionally a default route
Totally Stubby NSSA Cisco proprietary option for NSSA
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Router Roles Internal:All interfaces in a single area (routers 1,4,5 in diagram above)
Backbone: At least one interface assigned to area 0 (routers 2,3 in diagram above)
Area Border Router (ABR): Have interfaces in two or more areas (routers 1,4,5 in diagram above) ABRs contain a separate Link State Database, separating LSA flooding between areas, optionally summarizing routes, and optionally sourcing default routes.
Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) : Has at least one interface in an OSPF area and at least one interface outside of an OSPF area.
OSPF Metric Each interface is assigned a cost valuebased purely on bandwidth. The formula is:
Cost = (100Mbs/bandwidth) Higher bandwidth means a lower cost!
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Let‘s run through some common examples quickly: T1 line| 100,000 / 1544 =64 10 Mbps| 100,000 / 10,000 =10 100 Mbps| 100,000 / 100,000 =1 1000 Mbps| 100,000 / 1,000,000 = .11 (OSPF still uses 1 for this, see explanation below)
The cost is then accrued at each hop along the path based on the link‘s bandwidth. Unfortunately, OSFP waswritten when 100Mbs was considered fast. Because of that, it assigns the same cost toany interface with speeds higher than100Mbs. To OSPF, a Fast Ethernet interface is weighted the same as a Gigabit Ethernet interface, both a cost of 1.
To fix that problem, you can use the auto-cost command under the OSPF process. R1(config-router)# auto-cost reference-bandwidth 1000
Another option is to simply change the cost on a per-interface basis with the ip ospf costcommand (using any number between 165,535). R1(config-if)# ip ospf cost35
Link State Advertisements LSAs contain a sequence number and a R outer ID. Sequence numbers are 32 bits, starting with 0×80000001.
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The sequence number increases if: a route is added or deleted a LSA ages out
The largest sequence number is always the most current.The default time that LSAs are aged outis 30 minutes. Whenan LSA enters a router, it checks it against its internal Link State Database (LSDB). If it is new, it is added to the LSDB and the SPF algorithm is re-run. If it contains a Router ID (RID) that is already in the database, entries with an older sequence number are discarded. If it receives an older version (according to its sequence number), it discards the LSA and sends back the newer version to the srcinal sender. The command show ip ospf database will display the sequence numbers and age (in seconds) for each entry.
LSDB Overload In large OSPF networks, if major network changes occur, a flood of SLAs will immediately hit the entire network. The number of incoming LSAs to each router could be substantial and bring the CPU and memory to its knees. To mitigate that scenario, Cisco offers what itrefers to as Link Sate Database Overload Protection. Once enabled, if the defined threshold is exceeded over one-minute time period, the router will enter the ignore state – dropping all adjacencies and clearing the OSPF database. Know that this is a drastic response because routing will disrupted during that period.
R1(config-router)# max-lsanumber
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LSA Definitions
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OSPF Messaging OSPF uses several different types of messages to maintain neighbor relationships and correct routing information.
OSPF Packet Types Hello Discovers neighbors and works as a keepalive.
Link State Request (LSR) Requests a Link State Update (LSU), see below.
Database Description (DBD) Contains a summary of the LSDB, including RIDs and sequence numbers.
Link State Update (LSU) Contains one or more complete LSAs.
Link State Acknowledgement (LSAck) Acknowledges all other OSPF packets (except hellos).
OSPF sends the five packet types listed above over IP directly, using IP port 89 with an OSPF packet header. Multicast address 224.0.0.5 is used if sending to all routers, address 224.0.0.6 is used for sending to all OSPF DRs.
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OSPF Neighbors Hellos are sent out periodically using multicast on OSPF enabled routers.The router forms an adjacency with a peer routerwhen it sees its own Router ID in the neighbor field of another router‘s hello message.That indicates there is direct, bi -directional communication on the same subnet.
Note: On multi-access links, adjacencies are only formed between the router and the DR and BDR.
All of the following fields in an OSPF hello message must match for an adjacency to form: hello timer dead timer area ID authentication type password stub area flag
As with many network protocols, hellos act as a form of keepalive or heartbeat. With OSPF, if four consecutive hellos are not received (the dead time), the router is considered down.
Point-point interfaces: hellos every 10 seconds, 40 second dead timer Nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA) interfaces : hellos every 30 seconds, 120 second dead timer
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OSPF States There are 7 different OSPF states when forming neighborrelationships. Take the time to learn what states provide whichfunctions.
1. Down State OSPF has not started and no hellos have been sent.
2. Init State Hellos are sent out all OSPF-participating interfaces
3. Two-way State A hello is received from another router with its own RID in the neighbor field. All other required elements match and the routers become neighbors.
4. Exstart State Routers determine which one will begin the route exchange process with the other.
5. Exchange State Routers exchange DBDs.
6. Loading State Routers compare the DBDto their LS database. LSrs are sent out for missing or outdated LSAs. Each router then responds to the LSRs with a Link State Update. Finally, the LSUsare acknowledged.
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7. Full State The LSDB is completely synchronized with the OSPF neighbor.
OSPF Configuration OSPF configuration is not toocomplicated, but has some important syntax distinctions from EIGRP.First, it is configured from router configuration mode and requires a process ID appended to the router ospf command. The process ID is only locally significant, so don‘t worry if it doesn‘t match on other OSPF routers.
R1(config)# router ospfprocess-id
The next step is to determine which router interfaces you want participat ing in OSPF. Just like EIGRP, the network statements define which local router interfaces will participate.
R1(config)# router ospf 10 R1(config-router)# network 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 R1(config-router)# network 10.9.9.0 0.0.0.255 area 1
In the example above, interfaces in the10.1.1.0/24 subnet will participate in OSPF area 0. Interfaces in the 10.9.9.0/24 subnet will participate in OSPF area 1. Unlike EIGRP, the subnet wildcard mask in thenetwork statement is not optional because OSPF is classless by default.
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Let‘s do another example…
R1 has six interfaces, all within area 0: GigabitEthernet 0/0: 192.168.100.1/24 GigabitEthernet 0/1: 192.168.101.1/24 GigabitEthernet 0/2: 192.168.102.1/24 GigabitEthernet 0/3: 192.168.103.1/24 Serial 1/0: 10.100.100.1/30 Serial 1/1: 10.100.100.5/30
The simplest way to configure OSPF an all interfaces into area 0 would be to use this command: R1(config-router)# network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 area 0 A second option is to break up the 10. and 192. networks into different statements: R1(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0 R1(config-router)# network 192.168.100.0 0.0.3.255 area 0
The third way to configure the interfaces to participate in OSPF: R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)#
network network network network network network
10.100.100.1 0.0.0.0 area 0 10.100.100.5 0.0.0.0 area 0 192.168.100.1 0.0.0.0 area 0 192.168.101.1 0.0.0.0 area 0 192.168.102.1 0.0.0.0 area 0 192.168.103.1 0.0.0.0 area 0
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All three approaches achieve the exact same result. The configuration you choose is up to you.
Interface Configuration An alternative configuration option is to configure an interface to participate in OSPF directly. The [ ip ospf process-id area area-id ] command takes precedence over the more common network commands. R1(config)# int gig 0/1 R1(config-if)# ip ospf10 area 0
Router ID The SPF algorithm uses a RouterID to identify hops along a path. The problem, of course, is that routers don‘t have a generic ―router ID‖ lying around. The designers of OSPF decided to use thehighest IP address assigned to a loopback interface as the Router ID (RID) by default.If no loopback is configured, it will use the highest IP address assigned to an active interface when the OSPF process begins. OSPF will not change the RID, even ifanother interface with a higher IP address comes online unless the OSPF process is restarted. This helps keep the network stable and happy. Note: The clear ip ospf process command will also force the OSPF process to restart, but will cause an outage – so use it with caution.
Loopbacks are preferred for use as a router ID because they are virtual interfaces and are not affected by links going upand down. To configure a loopback interface, first create it and assign it an IP address. R1(config)# int loopback 0 R1(config-if)# ip address 10.100.100.1 255.255.255.255 52 | Page
Static RIDs It is also possible to manually define a static Router ID within OSPF with the router-id command. R1(config)# router ospf 10 R1(config-router)# router-id 10.100.100.1
DRs & BDRs SPF works by mapping all paths to everydestination on each router. It uses the RID to identify hops along each path and uses bandwidth as a metric between those hops. This whole system works really well whenrouters are connected with point-to-point links and OSPF traffic is simply sent using multicast address 224.0.0.5. It doesn‘t work well, however, when a router isconnecting to multiaccess networks like an Ethernet VLAN.Multiaccess OSPF inks l require a Designated Router (DR) be elected to represent the entire segment.Another router is then elected as the Backup Designated Router, or BDR. On that specifc multiaccess segment, routers only formadjacencies with the DR andBDR. The DR uses type 2,network LSAs to advertise the segment over multicast address 224.0.0.5.The Non-Designated routers then use IP address 224.0.0.6 to communicate directly with the DR.
Elections 1. When the OSPF process ona router starts up, it listens for hellos. If it does not receiveany within its dead time, it elects itself the DR. 2. If hellos are received before thedead time expires, the router with the highest OSPFpriority is elected as the DR. Next, the same process happens to elect the BDR.
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Note: If a router‘s OSPF priority is set to 0,it will not participate in the elections . 3. If two routers happen to have the same OSPF priority, the router with the highest Router ID will become DR. The same is true for BDR.
Once a DR is elected, elections cannot take place again until either the DR or BDR go down. This essentially means that there is no OSPF DR preemption if another router comes onlinewith a higher OSPF priority. In the case that the DRgoes down, the BDR automatically is assigned the DR role and a new BDR election occurs. Be aware that a router with a non-zero priority that happens to boots first can become the DR just because it did not recieve any hellos when the OSPF process was started – even though it may have a low OSPF priority. The default OSPF priority is 1 and Cisco recommends manually changing that on routers you want to become theDR and BDR. Remember that DRs are only used onmultiaccess links, so they are only significant on an interface level. A router with two different interfaces connected to two different multiaccess links will have separate DR elections for each segment.
To set the OPSF priority, usethe ip ospf priority command on the interface connected to the multiaccess segment.Values can be between 0-255. R1(config)# int gig 0/1 R1(config-if)# ip ospf priority255
OSPF over the WAN Routing protocols assume both broadcast capabilities and full mesh connectivity on multiaccess networks. For OSPF, there are a few points to consider:
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Full mesh environment can use physical interfaces, but often times subinterfaces are used Partial mesh environments should be configured using point-to-point subinterfaces Hub-and-spoke environments should elect the hub as the DR or use point-to-point subinterfaces – which don‘t require a DR Frame Relay and ATM maps should include the broadcast attribute In multiaccess environments, the DR and BDR should have full virtual circuit connectivity to all other routers
Summarization First, it‘s important to note that running the SPF algorithm on a router is extremely taxing on CPU resources and can easily consume them all. The reason is because OSPF has tocompute the best pathto every destination within itsarea. Avoiding running thealogrithm whenever it isn‘t required is a big win. Summarization has two importnat benefits for OSPF.It prevents toplogy changes from beingpassed outside an area– thus reducing the number of routers re-running the SPF algorithm.It also consolidates many routes in to a single statement, reducing the memory load and database size on OSPF-enabled routers.
There are two types of route sumarization, inter-area and external.
Inter-area Summarization (LSA Type 3) This occurs on ABRs to summarize routes betweenareas. This really only works well ifthe networks contained within an area are subnetted contiguously so that they can be easily summarized into a single statement.
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The new summary route‘s cost will be equalto the lowest cost route within thesummary range. After the command is entered, the router will automaticlly create a static route pointing to Null0.
Example: ABR-R1(config)# router ospf 10 ABR-R1(config-router)# area 2 range 10.100.0.0 255.255.0.0
In this example, the summary network 10.100.0.0/16 is summarized from area 2.
External Summarization (LSA Type 5) This occurs on ASBRs for routes that are injected into OSPFvia route redistribution. After the command is entered, the router will automatically create a static route pointing to Null0.
Example: ASBR-R1(config)# router ospf 10 ASBR-R1(config-router)# summary-address 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0
In this example, an external network has been summarized into 192.168.0.0/16 and is injected into OSPF via a single type 5 LSA.
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OSPF Passive Interfaces Like EIGRP, OSPF supports the use of passive interfaces. The passive-interface interface command disables OSPF hellos from being sent out, thus disabling the interface from forming adjacencies out that interface.
OSPF Default Routes Default routes are injected into OSPF via type 5 LSAs.There are multiple ways to inject default routes into OSPF, but Cisco recommends using the default-information srcinate command under the OSPF routing process.
R1(config)# router ospf 10 R1(config-router)# default-information srcinate [always] [metric metric] If the always keyword is not used, OSPFwill advertise a default route learned from another source, like a static route.If the always keyword is present, a default route will be advertised regardless if the route exists in the routing table. Another option is to use the area range and summary-address commands discussed in the summarization section above. Using these will result in the router advertising a default route pointing to itself.
Stub and Not-So-Stubby Areas Stub areasare another way to simplify route information that gets advertised.Area 2 in the diagram above shows an example.
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The ABR in a stub area drops all external routes and instead uses a default route of 0.0.0.0 (R3 in this example). That is, they do not know about any non-OSPF route information outside their own area. A Cisco proprietary version of a stubby area is a Totally Stubby Area , or TSA. TSAs do not accept any external routes from non-OSPF sources AND they do not accept routes from other areas within their OSPF autonomous system. If a router needs to send traffic to a route outside of its own area, it sends the traffic using a default route.
*ABRs use default routes in Stub and Totally Stubby areas.
Stubby areas are made into Totally Stubby Areas by appending the no-summarykeyword.
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Example: R5(config)# router ospf 10 R5(config-router)# area 2 stub no-summary R5(config-router)# area 2 stub default-cost 8
The example above sets area 2as a totally stubby area. The default-cost command is optional and in this case changed the default route cost from 1 to 8.
Stub Limitations Virtual links cannot be included Cannot include an ASBR The stub configuration must be applied to every router within the stubby area Area 0 cannot be a stub Bullet point 3 is extremelyimportant! If two routers are connected, but one does nothave the stub statement configured, the hello packets will be dropped and they will not form a neighbor adjacency.
Not-So-Stubby Areas , or NSSAs were an addendum to the srcinal OSPF RFC and defined a new special LSA, type 7.NSSAs are very similar to stubby areas, but they allow the use of ASBRs in the area – something stub areas prohibit. External routes are advertised by the ASBR as type 7LSAs and the ABR thenconverts them into type 5 external LSAs whenit advertises them to adjacent areas. NSSA is configured using thearea area-number nssa command as can beenseen in the example below. Using theno-summary keyword turns the area into a Totally Stubby NSSA.A Totally Stubby NSSA does notaccept external or summary routes from other areas.
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Lastly, the NSSA ABRdoes not by default advertise a default route back intothe area. The default-information-srcinate option does just that.
R4(config)# router ospf 10 R4(config-router)#area 1 nssa [no-summary] [default-information-srcinate]
The table below should help recap the different area type behaviors.
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OSPF Virtual Links OSPF has strict rules around how areas connect and where they can be located. More specifically, every area must be physically connected to area 0 and area zero must be ‗contiguous‘ –meaning it cannot broken into multiple, connected area 0s. Virtual links were developed as a band-aid to situations that temporarily must violate those requirements. Virtual links connect areas that do not connect directly to area 0. It can also connect two area 0s together! Keep in mind that Cisco recommends virtual links bea temporary workaround to ashort-term problem, not a permanent design. The diagram below illustrates an example when a virtual link could be used. Let‘s pretend Company ABC and oCmpany XYZ just announced a merger and now their corporate networks must do the same.In this case, both routers R1 and R2 have now become ABRs and the virtual link configuration will be applied to them. The command area area-number virtual-linkrouter-id is applied to each ABR. Note that the area used inthe command is the transit area that the virtual link resides in. Also, the RID identifies the RID ofthe OTHER router at the endof the link!
Example R1(config)# router ospf 20 R1(config-router)# area 1 virtual-link 10.30.30.30 R2(config)# router ospf 20 R2(config-router)# area 1 virtual-link 10.50.50.50
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OSPF Authentication Out of the box, OSPF does not authenticate its protocol‘s messages or route updates.OSPF does, however, support twomessage authentication options: Simple Authentication - using plaintext keys MD5 Authentication
Matching authentication methods and keys must configured on each interface ona segment. Theoretically, different passwords could be applied to different router interfaces– the routers on the other ends of those links would just be required to have matching information.
Simple Authentication Example R1(config)# int fa0/1 R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication-key KEY123 R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication R1(config-if)# exit R1(config)# router ospf 10 R1(config-router)# area 0 authentication
MD5 Authentication Example R1(config)# int fa0/1 R1(config-if)# ip ospf message-digest-key 1 md5 KEY123 R1(config-if)# ip ospf authentication message-digest R1(config-if)# exit R1(config)# router ospf 10 R1(config-router)# area 0 authentication message-digest 63 | Page
** The 1 in theip ospf message-digest-key 1 md5 KEY123 statement above is akey number.
OSPF Verification The OSPF neighbor table can beviewed using the show ipospf neighbor command. It shows the status of the OSPFdatabase loading process, status of neighbor adjacencies, as well as DR and BDR assignments.
To show which OSPF routers are being used by the routing table, issue the show ip route ospf command. The show ip ospfcommand displays the RID, counters, and timers. To see which router interfaces are participating in OSPF (and their area assignments), use the show ip ospf interface command.
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ROUTE REDISTRIBUTION
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Redistribution is necessary when routing protocols connect and must pass routes between the two. This can happen in a number of situations, but some examples include:
Organizations transitioning routing protocols Businesses merge, and so must their networks OSPF or EIGRP is used at the access and distribution layer of an enterprise and BGP is used in the core
The challenge to redistributing routing protocols is that each routing protocol uses it own metric and they are not compatible with each other. Furthermore, there is nomagic algorithm than canautomatically translate metrics between, say RP andBGP. To deal with this dilemma, a new seed metric is used as a staring point when redistribution is configured.
Configuring Redistribution To configure redistribution between routing protocols, the redistribute protocol command is used under the routing protocol that recieves the routes. R1(config-router)# redistribute protocol [AS] [metric metric-vlaue]
The process-id field above is the AS number forRIP, EIGRP, BGP. For OSPF, use the process ID. Also, both RIP and EIGRP require the use the metric keyword!
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EIGRP Redistribution Example: R1(config)# router eigrp 10 R1(config-router)# redistributeospf 20 metric1000 100 255 1 1500
The example above shows OSPF being redistruted into EIGRP with a metric of 1000 100255 1 1500. That is a lot of different numbers for an EIGRP cost! That‘s because EIGRP redistribution metric requires you to input all of the metric calculation manually: bandwidth delay reliability loading mtu You can perform a show interface on the outgoing router interface prior to see what values the router is currently using.
OSPF Redistribution Example: R1(config)# router ospf 100 R1(config-router)# redistribute eigrp 10 subnets
The example above redistributes EIGRP routes into OSPF.The subnets keyword at the end ofthe redistribute command is extremely important! Without this keyword,OSPF will redistribute networks at their classful boundaries– not something most administrators want. If you don‘t use it the IOS will even give you a warning. Make sure to include it.
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Distribute Lists Distribute lists are access lists applied to the routing process, determining which networks are allowed into the routing table or included in updates. They essentially act as a filter.
Think: access list applied to routing = distribute lists
When creating a distribute list, use the following steps: Step 1. Identify the network addresses to be filtered and create an ACL – permitting the networks you want to be advertised. Step 2. Determine if you want to filter updates coming into the router or leaving the router. Step 3. Assign the ACL using the distribute-list command.
Incoming Distribute Lists: R1(config-router)# distribute-list {acl-number | name} in [interface-type number]
Outgoing Distrubute Lists: R1(config-router)# distribute-list {acl-number | name} out [interface-name | routing-process | AS-number]
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Route Maps When a routing update arrives at an interface, a series of steps occur to process it correctly. The diagram below outlinesthose steps and serves as afoundation for the rest of this route redistribution and filtering section.
Route maps are extremely flexible and are usedin a number routing scenarios including: Controlling redistribution based on permit/deny statements Defining policies in policy-based routing (PBR) Add more mature decision making to NAT decisions than simply using static translations When implementing BGP PBR
Route maps allow an administrator to define specific traffic and then take automated actions against it to control how routing information is processed and forwarded. Route maps uses logic similar to if/then statements insimple scripting. In route map terms, it matches traffic against conditions and sets options for that traffic.
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NOTE: If you have downloaded the Switch Exam Guide, you will otice n the similarity between the syntax structure of route maps and VACLs. Each statement in a route map has asequence number, which are read from lowest to highest.The router stops reading statements when it reaches its first matching statement. Understand that there is an implicit deny included in all route maps. If traffic does not match any statement, it is denied.
Basic Route Map Configuration R1(config)# route-map {tag} permit | deny [sequence_number]
That is how all route maps begin. Permit means that any traffic matching the match statement that follows is processed by the route map. Deny means that any traffic matching the match statement that follows is NOT processed by the route map. Know the difference.
Match & Set Conditions If no match condition exists, the statement matches anything (similar to a ‗permit any‘). If no set condition exists, the statement is simply permitted or denied with no additional changes made. If multiple match conditions are used on the same line, it is interpreted as a logical OR. In other words, if one condition is true, a match is made. For example, the router would interpret ‗match ab c‘ as ‗a or b or c‘.
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If multiple match conditions are used on consecutive lines, it is interpreted as a logical AND. In other words, all conditions must be true before a match is made. For example, the router would interpret the following example as match a and b and c:
route-map EXAMPLE permit 5 match a match b match c
Important route redistribution match conditions ip address Refers to an access list that permits or denies networks
length Permits or denies packets based on length (in bytes)
ip address prefix-list Refers to a prefix list that permits or denies prefixes
metric Permits or denies routes with specific metrics from being redistributed
ip next-hop Refers to an access list that permits or denies ip next hops IP addresses
ip route-source Refers to an access list that permits or denies advertising router IP addresses
route-type Permits or denies redistribution based on the route type listed
tag Routes can be labeled with a number that identifies it
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Important route redistribution set conditions Metric Sets the metric for redistributed routes
Tag Tags a route with a numbered identifier
Route Map Verification Use the show route-map command to verify route maps and PBR entries are filtering as expe
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Border Gateway Protocol
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BGP, or Border Gateway Protocol is an external, dynamic routing protocol.It is most often used betweenISPs and between enterprises and their service providers. BGP is literally therouting protocol of theInternet because it connects independent network together, enabling endto-end transport. Scalability and stability are BGP‘s focus, not speed – as a result it behaves very differently than most other routing protocols.
BGP is recommended whenever multihoming is a requirement (dual ISP connections to different carriers), when route path manipulation is needed, and in transit Autonomous Systems.
A Quick Overview Routers running BGP are called BGP speakers. BGP uses autonomoussystem numbers to keeptrack of different administrative domains. 1-64511 are public, 64512-65535 areprivate. BGP is used to connect IGPs, interior gateway protocols like OSPF and EIGRP. Routing between Autonomous Systems is referred to as interdomain routing. The administrative distance for eBGP routes is 20, iBGP is 200. BGP neighbors are called ―peers‖ and must be statically assigned. Peers receive incremental, triggered updates as well as keepalives using TCP port 179. BGP is sometimes referred to as a ―path -vector‖ protocol because its route to a network uses AS numbers on the path to the destination. BGP uses it‘s path-vector attributes to help in loop prevention. When an update leaves an AS,the AS number is prepended to update along with all the other ASnumbers that have spread the update. When a BGP router receives an update, it first scans through the list of AS numbers. If it sees it own AS number, the update is discarded. 74 | Page
BGP Databases Like most modern routing protocols, BGP has two separate databases – a neighbor database and a BGP-specific database.
Neighbor Database Lists all of the configured BGP neighbors (to view– #show ip bgp summary).
BGP Database Lists all networks known by BGP along with their attributes. (to view – #show ip bgp).
BGP Message Types There are four different BGP message types.
Open After a BGP neighbor is configured, the router sends an open message to establish peering with the neighbor.
Update The type of message used to transfer routing information between peers.
Keepalive BGP peers sends keepalive messages every 60 seconds by default to maintain active neighbor status.
Notification If a problem occurs and a BGP peer connection must be dropped, a notification message is sent and the session is closed.
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Internal vs. External iBGP, or internal BGP is a peering relationship between BGP routers within the same autonomous system. eBGP, or external BGP describes a peering relationship between BGP routers indifferent autonomous systems. It is an important distinction to make.
In the diagram below, R1 andR2 are eBGP peers. R2 and R3 and iBGP peers.
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BGP Next-Hop Self When you have BGP neighbors peering between autonomous systems like R1 and R2 above, BGP uses the the IP address of the router the update was received from as its ―next hop‖. Routers that receive an update from an eBGPneighbor, it must pass the update to its iBGP neighbors with-out modifying the next hop attribute.
The next-hop IP address is the IP address of the edge router belonging to the next-hop autonomous system.
For example, let‘s say R1 sends an update toR2 from its 10.1.1.1 serial interface. R2 must use keep the next -hop IP set as 10.1.1.1 when it passes the update along to R3, its iBGP peer. The problem is that R2 does not know about 10.1.1.1 and so it cannot use it as its next hop address.
The neighbor[IP address] next-hop-selfcommand solves the problem by advertising itself as thenext-hop address. In this example, it would be applied to R2 so any updates passed along to R3 would use an R2 address as the next-hop.
R2(config)# router bgp 65300 R2(config-router)# neighbor 10.2.2.2 next-hop-self R2(config)# exit
BGPs Synchronization Rule The BGP synchronization rule states that a BGP router cannot use or forward new route updates it learns from iBGP peers unless it knows about the network from another source, like an IGP or static route.
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The idea is to prevent usingor forwarding on information that is unreliable and cannot be verified.Remember, BGP prefers reliability and stability over using the newest, fastest route.
This means that iBGP peers will not update each other unless and IGP is running under the hood. To remove the limitation, use the no synchronization command under BGPconfiguration mode. recent versions of IOS have itdisabled by default, but it is important topic to understand.
Resetting BGP Sessions Internet routers running BGP have enormous routingtables. When a filter is applied, like aroute map, changes to BGP attributes occur. Those changes could affect many of the routes already in the routing table from BGP. Because BGP‘s network list is usually ery v long, applying a route map or prefix list after BGP hasconverged can be disastrous. The router would have tocheck the filter against every possible route and attribute combination.
To make matters worse, if it were to apply the filters and pull routes back from neighbors, those changes could then cause another reconvergence – and on and on. In an effort to avoid that scenario (BGPoves l stability), BGP will only apply attribute and network changes to routes AFTER thefilter has been applied. All existing routes stay unchanged.
If the network administrator decides that the filter needs to be applied to all routes, then the BGP instance must be reset – forcing the entire BGP table to pass through the filter.There are three ways to dothis: Hard reset Soft reset Route refresh
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The hard and soft reset options aren‘t discussed here because they are not directly relevant to the exam. You should know though, that both options are extremely memory-taxing on therouter as all the routes must be recomputed.Route refresh was developed to solve the high memory problems, while still forcing a reset.
The clear ip bgp[ * | neighbor-address] command performs the BGP routeefresh. r
BGP Configuration Enabling BGP Like other routing protocols, BGP must be enabled with the router command. Make sure to include theAS number. R1(config)# router bgpautonomous-system-number
BGP Peering Each neighbor must be statically assigned using the neighbor command.If the AS number matches the local router‘s, it is an iBGP connection. If the AS number is different, itis an eBGP connection. R1(config-router)# neighborip-address remote-asautonomous-system-number
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If a router has a long list of directly connected neighbors, the BGP configuration can start to get long and difficult to follow – especially as neighbor policies areapplied. Peer groups solve that.
Peer groupsare groups of peer neighbors that share a commonupdate policy. Updating an entire group of neighbor statements can then be done with one command. Much easier for largeBGP networks. Think of a peer group as a logical grouping of routers thatare grouped under a single name to make changes faster and configurations shorter.Like OUs in Active Directory. Peer groups not only reduce the number of lines of configuration, but they reduce the ease the overhead of the router. A BGP update process normally runs for eachneighbor. If a peer group is configured, a single updateprocess runs for all routersin the group. Notice that this means that all of the router inside a peer group must be either all iBGP or eBGP neighbors.
Basic neighbor configuration example:
Peer group configuration example:
R1(config)# router R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)#
R1(config)# router bgp 65300 R1(config-router)# neighbor MINE R1(config-router)# neighbor MINE R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.1.1.1 R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.1.2.1 R1(config-router)# neighbor 10.1.3.1
bgp 65300 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 65300 neighbor 10.1.2.1 remote-as 65300 neighbor 10.1.3.1 remote-as 65300
peer-group remote-as 65300 peer-group MINE peer-group MINE peer-group MINE
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BGP Source Address R1 in the diagram has two different options when it comes to peering to R2. It can peer to the physical interface IP address, 10.1.1.2 or it can peer to R2′sloopback interface, 192.168.2.2.
If a peer relationship is made using the physical interface as the source address, problems can occur if the interface goes down. In this scenario, even if R2′s 10.1.1.2 interface drops, it still has connectivity to R2′snetworks via R3 and R2′s other physical interface. Even though an IGP would still show R2′s network as accessible, the BGP peer relationship would drop because R1 cannot reach its peering address with R2.
Most implementations recommend using a loopback address as the BGP source address for this reason.
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Remember that the loopback address must be added to the IGP running for this to work. This way, if R2′s 10.1.1.2 interface ils,faR2 will still be reachable.
The update-source command accomplishes this. Here’s an example: R1(config)# router bgp 65400 R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.2.2 remote-as 65400 R1(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.2.2update-source loopback0 R2(config)# router bgp 65400 R2(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.1 remote-as 65400 R2(config-router)# neighbor 192.168.1.1update-source loopback0
Defining Networks Network statements in BGP are used differently than in other routing protocols like EIGRP orOSPF. EIGRP and OSPF use the network statements to define which interfaces you want to participate in the routing protocol process. BGP uses network statements to define which networks the local router should advertise. Each network doesn‘t haveto be srcinating from the local router, but the network must exist in the routing table. The optional mask keyword is often recommended as BGP supports subnetting and supernetting.
Example: R1(config)# router R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)# R1(config-router)#
bgp 65300 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote-as 65300 network 10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 neighbor 10.1.2.1 remote-as 65300 network 10.1.2.0 255.255.255.0
Understand that by default a BGP router will not advertise a network learned from one iBGP peerto another. This is why iBGP is not a good replacement for an IGP like EIGRP and OSPF.
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BGP Path Selection Unlike most other routing protocols, BGP is not ell-bent h on using the fastest path to a given destination.Instead, BGP assigns a long list of attributes to each path. Each of these attributes can beadministratively tuned for extremely granular control of routeselections. BGP also does not load balance across links by default.To select the best route, BGP usesthe criteria in the following order:
1. Highest weight 2. Highest local preference 3. Choose routes srcinated locally 4. Path with the shortest AS path 5. Lowest srcin code ( i< e < ? ) 6. Lowest MED 7. eBGP route over iBGP route 8. Route with nearest IGP neighbor (lowest IGPmetric) 9. Oldest route 10. Neighbor with the lowest router ID 11. Neighbor with the lowest IP address
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Controlling Path Selection The most common methodof controlling the attributes listed above is to use route maps.This allows specific attributes to be changed on specific routes. Before we get into route maps, let‘s first discuss the three prominent attributes, weight, local preference, and MED.
Weight On Cisco routers, weight is the most influential BGP attribute.The weight attribute is proprietary to Cisco and is normally used to select an exit interface when multiplepaths lead to the same destination. Weight is local and is not sent to other routers. It can be a value between 0-65,535. 0 is the default. In the example below, if you want R2 to prefer to use R1 when sending traffic to 192.168.20.0 then the weight attribute could raised on R2 for R1.
R2(config)# router R2(config-router)# R2(config-router)# R2(config-router)#
bgp 65100 neighbor 10.1.1.1 remote -as 65100 neighbor 10.2.2.1 remote-as 65100 neighbor 10.1.1.1 weight 100
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Local Preference Local preference is not proprietary to Cisco and can be used in a similar fashion to weight. It can be set for theentire router or for a specific prefix. Local preferences can range from 0-4,294,967,295, with 100 being the default value. Unlike weight, local preference ispropagated to iBGP neighbors. Using the diagram above, if an administrator wanted R2 to use R1 when sending traffic to 192.168.20.0, the configuration would look something like this:
R1(config)# router bgp 65100 R1(config-router)# bgp default local-preference 500 After the local preference is raised on R1, it will be shared with R2 and R2 will begin using it as its best path to the distant network (assuming the weight is the same of course).
If you want to set thelocal preference on specif prefixes, route maps are usually the best option.Below is an exampleof the local preference being set using a route map:
R7(config)# router bgp 200 R7(config-router)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-as 100 R7(config-router)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 route-map lp_example in R2(config-router)# exit
R7(config-rmap)# set local-preference 300 R7(config-rmap)# exit R7(config)# route-map lp_example permit 20 R7(config-rmap)# set local-preference 100
R7(config)# access-list 7 permit 10.30.30.0 0.0.0.255 R7(config)# route-map lp_example permit 10 R7(config-rmap)# match ip address 7
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MED The MED attribute, or multi-exit discriminator is used to influence which path external neighbors use to enter AS. an MED is also much farther down on the attribute list, so attributes like weight, local preference, AS path length, and srcin. The default MED value is 0 anda lower value is preferred. A common scenario for MED is when a company has two connections to the same ISP for internet. Weight or local preference could be used to send outgoing traffic on the higherbandwidth link, but local preference is not shared with routers outside an AS.MED could be set on one router so ISP routers prefer that path in.
To set the MED on all routes: R1(config-router)# default-metric value
Here‘s an example using a route map to influence incoming paths to 10.30.30.0/24 using MED: R7(config)# router bgp 200 R7(config-router)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-as 200 R7(config-router)# neighbor 10.10.10.1 route-map med_example out R2(config-router)# exit R7(config)# access-list 7 permit 10.30.30.0 0.0.0.255 R7(config)# route-map med_example permit 10 R7(config-rmap)# match ip address 7 R7(config-rmap)# set metric 50 R7(config-rmap)# exit R7(config)# route-map med_example permit 20 R7(config-rmap)# set metric 150 86 | Page
Verification It‘s important that you understand and are able to interpreto results t of the show ip bgpcommand output. It displays the contents of the local BGP topology database- including the attributes assigned to each network.It is perhaps the most important BGP verification and troubleshooting tool! Because BGP uses many attributes and sources routes in a number of ways, the output of the show ip bgp command can be a nit overwhelming if you don‘t know what you are looking for.
R1# show ip bgp BGP table version is 21, local router ID is 10.0.22.24 Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best,– iinternal Origin codes: i – IGP, e – EGP, ? – Network Next Hop *> 10.1.0.0 0.0.0.0 * 10.2.0.0 10.0.22.25 *> 0.0.0.0 * 10.0.0.0 10.0.22.25 *> 0.0.0.0 *> 192.168.0.0/16 10.0.22.25
incomplete Metric LocPrf Weight Path 0 32768 ? 10 0 25 ? 0 32768 ? 10 0 25 ? 0 32768 ? 10 0 25 ?
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s (suppressed) – BGP is not advertising the network, usually because it is part of a summarized route.
> - Indicates the best route for a particular destination.These will end up in the routing table.
i (internal) - If the third column has an i in it, it means the network was learned from an iBGP neighbor. If it is blank, it means the network was learned from an external source.
0.0.0.0 - The fifth column shows the nexthop address for each route. A 0.0.0.0 indicates the local router srcinated the route (examples include a network command entered locally or a network an IGP redistributed into BGP on the router)
Metric (MED value)– The column titled Metric represents the configured MED values.Recall that 0 is thedefault and if another value exists, lower is preferred. i/?- The last column displays information on how BGPsrcinally learned the route. In the example above, ?is used for each route meaning they were all redistributed routes into BGP from anIGP. The other option is aquestion mark, which indicates that network commands were used to configure the route.
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VPNs & IPSec
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VPN tunnels and IPSec are two topics covered on the exam, but not in great detail. You‘ll need to know enough to verify a sample configuration and answer straightforward questions on both technologies. Let‘s start with IPSec.
IPSec Basics IPSec allows the establishment of asecure connection between twohosts. The IPSec protocol setsup a unidirectional SA(security association between the two endpoints). Because the association is unidirectional, an SA is created on both ends, resulting in two SAs per IPSec tunnel. IPSec tunnels are often used as abackup to a WAN linkfailure. If a point-to-point WAN circuit drops, an IPSec tunnel can be configured to automatically be established over the internet tothe remote site. When the primary WANcircuit comes back up, the IPSec tunnel is disconnected.
Floating Static Routes Configuring an IPSec tunnel to activate when a primary link drops is commonly implemented as a floating static route.The idea is to configure to IPSec VPN as a static route, but with an administrative distance higher than that of the WAN routing protocol‘s. If the primary route is active, the backup link isnot placed into the routing table because its AD ishigher. If the primary route goes down, the static route becomes active.
To configure a floating static route, make sure you define a higher AD value at the end: R1(conf)# ip route prefix maskaddress|interface distance_value VPN Tunnels 90 | Page
One major problem with standard IPSec sessions is that they do not support broadcast or multicast traffic. If you want to use an IPSec VPN in an ―always on‖ fashion, then thetunnel needs to allow routing information to pass through.Of course dynamic routing protocols use broadcast or multicast to send hellos and updates, so in lies the dilemma. To get around this issue, a ―tunnel within atunnel‖ approach can be used. A generic tunnel can beconfigured within the IPS ec tunnel to allow routing protocol information (along with all the other traffic).
There are generally four ways to do this paired with IPSec:
DMVPN and GET VPN Both allow the creation of secure, ―on -demand‖, multipoint tunnels.
Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI) A secure, ―always-on‖ tunnel that supports multicast traffic. This allows routingprotocols to operate within it.
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) GRE tunnels may be the most common of the bunch– they are also the default tunnel modeon Cisco routers. GRE tunnels support many layer 3 protocols but perhaps most importantly allow multicast traffic across the tunnel – granting dynamic routing protocol traffic.
Be aware that GRE tunnels add an additional 20 byte IP header as well as a 4 byte GRE tunnel header.
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Branch Office Connectivity The CCNP ROUTE exam covers several unusual topics related to managing and configuring the connectivity between an HQ site and a branch office. You need to be familiar withsome of the underlying technologies used. Cisco ISR routers are often a good choicefor branch sites as they support a wide variety of incoming services.In smaller offices, a single ISR may be used for a both remote connectivity and inter-VLAN routing.In that case, know that an Ethernet Switch Module would be required for the ISR router.
DSL DSL, or Digital Subscriber Line, can be used as abackup WAN connection to a branch office. DSL uses frequencies not used by TDM phone systems on a phone line– allowing the extra bandwidth to be used for data connectivity. Asymmetrical DSL has higher downstream bandwidth than upstream, while with symmetric DSL they are both the same rate.
There are two primary methods for pushing L2 data across a DSL line: PPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet is the most common method and encapsulates PPP traffic into Ethernet frames. PPoA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM is less common and routes PPP traffic over an ATM network between the customer and the DSL service provider.
Both options can be configured on a Cisco routerto terminate the DSL connectivity. PPoE is especially helpful because it this frees the user computers from running PPoE
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Cable Broadband cable providers also provide internet connectivity which can be used for WAN backup or Internet connectivity for telecommuters. The internet signal is carried on the same line that the television is carried, but a cable modem allows the data traffic to be seperated. The international standard for sending data over acable system is Data OverCable Service Interface Specification (or DOCSIS).Many different versions of the standard are used throughout the world. Cable system connections are typically not terminated directly into Cisco a router. Instead, a cable modemdemodulates the incoming signal and converts the traffic to Ethernet frames, which a router can process.
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v6 IP
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IPv6 is an important topic– and not just for the exam. The growth of web-based services and diminishing IPv4 addressing will continue to push organizations towards IPv6, especially on web-facing networks.
Basics IPv4 addresses are 32 bits long and are represented in dotted-decimal format.IPv6 addresses are 128 bits and are in hexadecimal format. The first 64 bits of an IPv6 address are reserved for the network portion and the last 64 bits are used for the host portion.
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There are two ways to condense an IPv6 address.
1. Leading zeros can be removed in any section. For example, 0021:0001:0000:030A:0000:0000:0000:0987E Can be abbreviated as: 21:1:0:30A:0:0:0:987E
2. Sequential sections of all zeros can beshortened to a single doublecolon. This can only be usedonce per address though! Using the same example address above, it can befurther shortened to: 21:1:0:30A::987E
Unicast, Multicast, & Anycast Unicast Unicast is for sending traffic to asingle interface. In IPv6 there are actually two different unicasts types, global unicast andlink-local unicast.
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Multicast Unlike IPv4, IPv6 addressing does o nt support broadcasts. Instead, it has replaced it withmulticast (which is a moreefficient variation). This is used for sending traffic to a group of devices.
Anycast IPv6 supports another, new packet type– anycast. Anycast allows the same address tobe used on multiple devices for load balancing and redundancy. Technically, it is used forsending traffic to the nearest interface ina group. While multiple devices maybe running the same anycast address, only one will be used per packet sent.
Be aware that with IPv6, an interface canbe assigned multiple addresses. Here is the list: - Unicast address - Link-local address - loopback (::1/128) - All nodes multicast (FF00::1) - Site-local multicast (FF02::2) - Solicited-nodes multicast - Default Route (::/0)
Address Assignment In IPv6, there are three different ways devices are assigned an IP address: manual configuration, using stateless autoconfiguration, or by using DHCPv6. 97 | Page
Manual Address Configuration The first thing to know and manual IPv6 address configuration is that addresses assigned to a router interface use the address/prefix-length notation instead of the address mask notation.This is so much easier than typing25.255… after every ipaddress!
Also, make sure you first enable IPv6 routing with the ipv6 unicast-routing global configuration command. Use the ipv6 address ipv6-address/prefix-length command to assign an address.
An example of an interface configured with an IPv6 address: R1# conf t R1(config)# ipv6 unicast-routing R1(config)# int gig 1/1 R1(config-if)# ipv6 address 21:1:0:30A::987E/64
Manual Network Assignment Another way to manually configure an IPv6 address is to configure the network and allow the host portion to be autopopulated based on the device‘s MAC address. This can work wellbecause MAC addresses are 64bits long –the exeact same length as the host portion of an IPv6 address! An example with the network portion defined: R1(config)# int gig 1/1 R1(config-if)# ipv6 address 21:1:0:30A::/64
Note: Some systems have a 48bit MAC address. In this case, it flips the 7th bitand inserts 0xFFEE into the middle ofthe MAC address. This modified version is called anEUI-64address. To do this, add the keyword eui-64to the end of the ipv6 address statement. 98 | Page
Stateless Autoconfiguration Stateless autoconfiguration allows a device toself-assign an IP address for use locally without anyoutside information. Remember that interfaces using IPv6 will often have more than one IPv6 address assigned, and in this case stateless autoconfiguraiton will generate a linklocal address in addition to anyother manually assigned addresses. Link-local addresses are created by starting with the prefix FE80:: and appending the device‘s MAC address. Since every MAC address should be unique, it works well for auto-generated local IP addresses.
Link-local addresses are not routable within packets and areused for administrative purposes within the localsegment. For example, most IGPs use link-local addresses to for neighbor relationships and the link-local address is listed as the next-hop address in the routing table.
Once a router has created an IPv6 link-local address using stateless autoconfiguration, it used NDP to make sure it is actually unique within the local network. NDP stands for Neighbor Discovery Protocol. NDP uses ICMP packets as part of the neighbor discovery process.
To configure stateless autoconfiguration, use the ipv6 address autoconfig command.
Example: R1(config)# int gig 1/1 R1(config-if)# ipv6 address autoconfig
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IPv6 Routing Static Routes The configuration for IPv6 static routes is identical to IPv4, except for the ipv6 route keywords instead of ip route and the addresses will obviously look different. Other than that, it is exactly the same!
An example of a static IPv6 default route: R1(config)# ipv6 route ::/0 serial1/1
An example of an IPv6 static route with a next-hop address: R1(config)# ipv6 route 2003:2:1:A::/64 2003:2:1:F::1
To view the IPv6 routes in the routing table, use the commandshow ipv6 route .
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IPv6 EIGRP There are many differences in the wayEIGRP is configured and with IPv6. It still sends hellos out every 5seconds to its neighbors, but when running EIGRP with IPv6 addresses, it uses the multicast address FF02::A. EIGRP messages are exchanged using the link-local address as the source address and perhaps the biggest difference is that there is no network command! Instead, EIGRP routingis enabled on each participating interface.
Also, EIGRP running IPv6 requires a router ID be configured. The format is that of an IPv4 address - 32 digits and it can be a private address (non-routable) with no issues. The last major change is that the EIGRP process st arts in the shutdown state. You have to issue a no shut to bring it up onthe router.
To configure IPv6 EIGRP: R1(config)# ipv6 unicast-routing ! R1(config)# ipv6 router eigrp AS R1(config-rtr)# router-id ipv4-address R1(config-rtr)# no shut R1(config-rtr)# exit ! R1(config)# interface type number R1(config-if)# ipv6 eigrp AS
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OSPFv3 OSPFv3 is an updated version of OSPF designed to accommodate IPv6 natively.Most of the configuration and function is identical to its predecessor, but a few changes were made– starting with messaging. OSPFv3 uses the multicast address FF02::5 and FF02::6, but like EIGRP, it now uses its link-local address as the source address in advertisements. Also, it‘s possible to run multiple instances of OSPFv3 on each link.
Like the IPv6 implementation of EIGRP, a32 bit router ID must bemanually created. It will not automatically create one based on highest loopback or interface address. The RID that is assigned will then beused to determine the DRand BDR on a segment (highest wins). OSPFv3 has dropped its nativeauthentication options. Instead, it relies onthe underlying authentications built into IPv6, likeIPSec.
Configuration The configuration is nowdone on each individual interface. The following is anexample configuration: R2(config)# ipv6 unicast-routing ! R2(config)# ipv6 router ospf 100 R2(config-rtr)# router-id 10.10.10.1 R2(config-rtr)# area 1 stub no-summary R2(config-rtr)# exit ! Continued…
R2(config)# interface gig1/1 R2(config-if)# ipv6 address 2003:2:1:2::1/64 R2(config-if)# ipv6 ospf 100 area 0 ! R2(config)# interface gig1/2 R2(config-if)# ipv6 address 2003:2:1:A::1/64 R2(config-if)# ipv6 ospf 100 area 1 R2(config-if)# ipv6 ospf priority 30
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MP-BGP MP-BGP, or multiple protocol BGP, was outlined in RFC 2858 and includes extensions to the srcinal BGP standard that allows support for other protocols – one of which is IPv6! The command address-family was added to specify whichnew protocol functionality is being configured and is used when applying IPv6 addressing.
Like EIGRP and OSPFv3, anIPv4 address must be configured as a router ID.The BGP configuration is not done atthe interface level, it still is done in router configuration mode. The major difference is that neighbors must be first defined under router BG P configuration mode and then ―activated‖ under IPv6 address -family mode submode. Networks and other parameters arealso configured under IPv6 addressfamily mode submode.
Configuration Like this… R3(config)# ipv6 unicast-routing ! R3(config)# router bgp 600 R3(config-rtr)# router-id 10.10.10.10 R3(config-rtr)# neighbor 2003:76:1:1::10 remote-as 700 R3(config-rtr)# address-family ipv6 unicast R3(config-rtr-af)# neighbor 2003:76:1:1::10 activate R3(config-rtr-af)# network 2003:2:2::/48 R3(config-rtr-af)# exit R3(config-rtr)# exit
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Migrating to IPv6 Three options exist for transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6: dual stack, tunneling, or NAT.
Dual Stack This involves running IPv4 alongside IPv6 on the same system.
Tunneling This option allows you to encapsulate IPv6 traffic within an IPv4 header.
NAT A new network translation extension, NAT-PT allows IPv6-to4 translation.
Dual StackContinued… Using a dual-stack transition allows servers, clients, and applications to be slowly moved to IPv6. Both protocols can runcuncurently, neither communicating with the other. If both IPv4 and IPv6are running on a server for example, IPv6 will be used. Configuration Example R1# config t R1(config)# ipv6 unicast-routing R1(config)# ipv6 cef ! R1(config)# interface serial1/0/1 R1(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.1 R1(config-if)# ipv6 address 2001:1:3:1::1/64 104 | Page
IPv6 Tunneling Dual-stacking IPv4 alongside IPv6 on systems works well, but itrequires most of your infrastructure to support IPv6.In many cases, the network core does not support IPv6 or ithas not been implemented. IPv6 tunnels solve this problem by allowing IPv6 islands to exist and bridging them over IPv4 systems. Because IPv6 tunnels provide virtual IPv6 connectivity through an IPv4 transport, it does not matter what specific IPv4 transport is used. The only requirement is that there is end-to-end IPv4 connectivity between both ends.
Manual Tunnels The tunnels discussed here are from onerouter to another. The source router (RouterA) encapsulates the IPv6 traffic in IPv4 headers, then forwards it to the other end ofthe tunnel (Router B). Router B then decapsulates the packets and forwards them on to their destination using native IPv6. Manual IPv6 tunnels are easy to configure using thetunnel mode ipv6ip command. Using the Router A/B example above, the configuration on Router A would look something like this:
RouterA(config)# interface tunnel0 RouterA(config-if)# ipv6 address 2001:2:0:7::/64 RouterA(config-if)# tunnel source 10.1.1.1 RouterA(config-if)# tunnel destination 10.3.3.1 RouterA(config-if)# tunnel mode ipv6ip RouterA(config-if)# exit
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GRE Tunnels First, GRE tunnels are the default tunnel method onCisco routers. GGRE tunnels are veryflexible and work over most protocols. The configuration is exactly the same as the manual configuration example above, but you do not have to specify the tunnelmode. Also, routing protocols can be enabled on GRE tunnel interfaces just as if they were physical interfaces.
6to4 Tunnels 6to4 tunnels are similar to the manual tunnel, but set up the tunnel dynamically. 6to4 tunnels use 2002::/16 IPv6 addresses in front of the 32 bit IPv4 address of the edge router – creating a 48 bit prefix. Each router on both sides of the tunnel needs a route to its peer. They only support static and BGP routes, so becareful. Configure the tunnel as if it was a manual tunnel, using the IPv4 address as the source, but don‘t enterdestination. a The tunnel requires an IPv6 address using themethod just described. Finally, use the commandtunnel mode ipv6ip 6to4 .
NAT Translation is a unique solution because it allows IPv4 devices to communicate with IPv6 devices without the dual stack requirement. NATPT allows bidirectional translation services. 1. To enable NAT-PT IPv4 to IPv6translation on a router, the first step is to use the ipv6 natcommand on each interface participating in the translation. 2. The second step is to define at least on NAT-PT prefix. Only traffic matching theprefix will be translated. To apply it globally on the router, enteripv6 natprefix/prefix_length in global configuration mode. To apply it to traffic on a specific interface, enteripv6 nat prefix/prefix_length in interface configuration submode. 3. Define the address mappings (either static or dynamic) using the options discussed below. 106 | Page
Static NAT-PT For an IPv6 to IPv4 static mapping: R1(config)# ipv6 nat v6v4 source ipv6_address ipv4_address
For an IPv4 to IPv6 static mapping: R1(config)# ipv6 nat v4v6 source ipv4_address ipv6_address
Dynamic NAT-PT There are many ways to implement dynamic NAT using IPv6, but at its most basic level a pool of addresses is created and the router temporarily assigns them to hosts as they need them.
For an IPv4 to IPv6 static mapping: R1(config)# ipv6 nat v4v6 pool name begining_ipv6 ending_ipv6 prefix-length prefix-length R1(config)# ipv6 nat v4v6 source list (access-list_number | name) pool name
For an IPv6 to IPv4 static mapping: R1(config)# ipv6 nat v6v4 pool name begining_ipv4 ending_ipv4 prefix-length prefix-length R1(config)# ipv6 nat v6v4 source list (access-list_number | name) pool name
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ROUTING SIMULATION SCENARIOS
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EIGRP/OSPF Redistribution Simulation Example:
PROBLEM In this scenario, routers R2 and R3 need to be configured for redistribution between their repective EIGRP and OSPF Autonomous Systems. Only R2 and R3 can be configured and the traffic path from R1 to the 10.1.1.0 network should use the links with the greatest bandwidth. When completed, router R1 should be able to ping a host in the 10.1.1.0/24 network.
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SOLUTION First we need to find out 5 parameters (Bandwidth, Delay, Reliability, Load, MTU) of the s1/1 interface (the interface of R2 connected to R4) for redistribution :
R2# show interface s1/1
Now write down these 5 parameters, notice that we have to divide the Delay by 10 because its metric unit is tens of microsecond. For example, if we get:
Bandwidth=1544 Kbit Delay=20000 us Reliability=255 Load=1 MTU=1500 bytes …then we would redistribute as follows:
R2#config terminal R2(config)# router ospf 1 R2(config-router)# redistribute eigrp 200 metric-type 1 subnets R2(config-router)# exit R2(config-router)# router eigrp 200 R2(config-router)# distance eigrp 90 109 R2(config-router)# redistribute ospf 1 metric 1544 2000 255 1 1500
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For R3 we use the show interface fa1/1 to get the same 5 parameters.
R3# show interface fa1/1
For example we get Bandwidth=10000 Kbit, Delay=1000 us, Reliability=255, Load=1, MTU=1500 bytes. Now let‘s configure it the same way we did R2:
R3#config terminal R3(config)#router ospf 1 R3(config-router)#redistribute eigrp 200 metric-type 1 subnets R3(config)#exit R3(config-router)#router eigrp 200 R3(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 10000 100 255 1 1500
Verification Perform a ―show ip route‖ on R1 to see the 10 .1.1.0/24 network (the network behind R4) in the routing table. Next, ping from R1 to the network to validate the connectivity.
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Finally perform a traceroute on R1 to the fa1/1 interface of R1 to make sure the traffic is going form R1-R2-R3R4. This fulfills the ―highest bandwidth‖ requirement –using the Fast Ethernet links instead of the Serial connection.
IPv6 OSPF Virtual Link Simulation Example:
PROBLEM In this scenario, two organizations have merged and need to connect their core routed networks. Luckily, both havealready implemented IPv6 routing using OSPF, but their area numbers do not fit together well.
You have been tasked with getting their core OSPF routers up and running using their current area configuration until a full redesign can be performed.
Currently, R4‘s loopback address cannot be seen in R1‘s routing table (and vice-versa).
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SOLUTION You should know by now that in OSPF, all areas must connect back to the backbone area (area 0). In this case, that isn‘t anoption because the directions specifically ask us not to change the current area assignments. The solution? A virtual link!
We can configure area 1 as a transit area for area 2 using the area virtual-link command.
R2> enable R2# configure terminal R2(config)# ipv6 router ospf 1 R2(config-rtr)# area 1 virtual-link 3.3.3.3
(Notice that we have to use neighbor routerid 3.3.3.3, not R2′s router-id 2.2.2.2)
Now onto R3:
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R3(config)# ipv6 router ospf 1 R3(config-rtr)# area 1 virtual-link 2.2.2.2
That‘s all there is to it!
Verification To verify that R1 has a or ute to R4‘s loopback interface, use theshow ipv6 route command on R1.
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OSPF Simulation Example: PROBLEM Sharky‘s Surf ‗n Turf is a fast-growing corporate seafood establishment and needs your help. A new HQ office was recently constructed with connectivity provided by router R1. Your task is to configure and verify connectivity between the current HQ he adend router (R2) and the new location (R1). The physical cabling between R1 and R2 has been completed, but the configuration of OSPF Area 1 needs to be completed to include ONLY R1 s1/0 and R2s1/1. The mask should be configured to allowonly the two interfaces to participate in the OSPF area. Also, Area 1 should be configured in a way so that it does not receive any inter-area or external routes (except default routes). The interfaces have already been configured with the IP addresses shown in the diagram.
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SOLUTION 1. Let’s start with R1. There are two primary considerations in this scenario.First, Area 1 must be configured to include onlyR1 and R2‘s interfac es. The network that the circuit is using is /30, meaning we need to use a wildcard mask for the OSPF area that reflects that /30 address range. 0.0.0.3 will do just that! R1#config terminal R1(config)# router ospf 1 R1(config-router)# network 192.168.4.40 0.0.0.3 area 1
The second major consideration for this scenario is that Area 1 should be configured in a way so that it does not receive any interarea or external routes (except default routes) . That‘s code for a totally stubby area. In this case, R1 needs tohave the stub command applied.
R1(config-router)# area 1 stub R1(config-router)# exit
2. Moving on to R2.
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R1(config-router)# area 1 stub no-summary R1(config-router)# exit
Notice the area 1 stub no-summarycommand. R2 is the ABR, so if we want Area 1 to bea totally stubby area then we need to use the no –summary command here.
That‘s it! Fairly simple, but VERY important practice forthe exam.
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Policy-Based Routing Simulation Example: PROBLEM You‘ve been tasked with providing a routing policy solution to a new web-startup company. They have heavy outbound HTTP traffic loads and want to use a dedicated frame relay circuit to carry it. Configure router PBR in such away that all HTTP traffic traverses the frame relay linkto ISP A if the link is up. All other traffic can go through either link. Only router PBR can beconfigured and due to network policies, static routes and default routes are not allowed.
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SOLUTION 1. First we need to create an access list that defines the web traffic. PBR(config)# access-list 101 permit tcp any any eq www A source of ―any‖ is used to capture all EIGRP network sources.
2. Now we create a route map that sets the next-hop for the web traffic. PBR(config)# route-map PBR(config-route-map)# PBR(config-route-map)# PBR(config-route-map)# PBR(config)# route-map PBR(config-route-map)#
PBR permit 10 match ip address 101 set ip next-hop 10.1.1.1 exit PBR permit 20 exit
Notice that the first statement sets the next-hop address for the HTTP traffic and the following route map line (20) allows any other traffic through unmodified. If line 20 wasn‘t used, the implicit deny woulddrop any non-web traffic.
3. Last step is to apply the route map to the internal-facing interface on router PBR. PBR(config)# int fa0/1 PBR(config-if)# ip policy route-map PBR PBR(config-if)# exit PBR(config)# exit
4. Verification
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On a host in the internal EIGRP network, generate HTTP traffic destined for the internet. Next, use the show route-map command to verify that packets are being matched against the new filter. PBR# show route-map
You should see something like ―Policy routing matches: 12 packets…‖ in the output if your configuration is correct.
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