Command Line Interface
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• This router supports up 64 virtual links.
Example
This example creates a virtual link using the defaults for all optional parameters.
This example creates a virtual link using MD5 authentication.
Related Commands
show ip ospf virtual-links (section 7.26.47 on page 1101)
7.26.32 ip ospf authentication
This command specifies the authentication type used for an interface. Enter this
command without any optional parameters to specify plain text (or simple
password) authentication. Use the no form to restore the default of no
authentication.
Syntax
ip ospf authentication [message-digest | null]
no ip ospf authentication
• message-digest - Specifies message-digest (MD5)
authentication.
• null - Indicates that no authentication is used.
Console(config-router)#network 10.4.0.0 0.255.255.0.0 area 10.4.0.0
Console(config-router)#area 10.4.0.0 virtual-link 10.4.3.254
Console(config-router)#
Console(config-router)#network 10.4.0.0 0.255.255.0.0 area 10.4.0.0
Console(config-router)#area 10.4.0.0 virtual-link 10.4.3.254
message-digest-key 5 md5 ld83jdpq
Console(config-router)#