6.4.6. OSPF
The OSPF menu allows the NetModule AG router to be added to a network of OSPF routers.
Parameter OSPF General Settings
Administrative status Specifies whether the OSPF routing protocol is active
Router ID The router-id is a unique identity to the NetModule AG router. If no
router-id is specified, the system will automatically choose the highest
IP address as the router-id.
Redistribute connected
routes
Redistribute routes to networks which are directly connected to the
NetModule AG router
Redistribute local routes Redistribute routes from the NetModule AG router’s own routing table
Redistribute BGP routes Redistribute routes learned via the BGP routing protocol
Redistribute default route Redistribute the routers default route
Disable when redundancy
backup
Disables the OSPF protocol when the router is set to slave mode by
the VRRP redundancy protocol
The interfaces tab is used to define OSPF specific settings for the IP interfaces of the router. If no
settings are defined for a specific interface, default settings will be used.
Parameter OSPF Interfaces
Interface The name of the interface for which settings shall be defined
Authentication The authentication protocol to be used on the interface to authenticate
OSPF packets
Key The key to be used for authentication
Key ID The ID of the key to be used for authentication (1-255)
Cost The cost for sending packets via this interface. If not specified or set
to 0 OSPF defaults are used.
Passive Do not send out OSPF packets on this interface
The networks tab defines the IP networks to be handled in OSPF as well as to which routing area they
belong.
Parameter OSPF Networks
Prefix Prefix of the network
Prefix length Length of the prefix
Area Routing area to which this interface belongs (0-65535, 0 means back-
bone)
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