Lab 4: Advanced OSPF Configuration

Activity Objective
Start with configurations from Lab 3. In this activity, you will use the correct commands,
tools, and steps to configure and verify advanced OSPF operation including multiarea
OSPF, summarization, and authentication.
Delete all EIGRP configuration from R1 and R2 before beginning this lab.

Step 1: Reconfigure Areas for MultiArea OSPF – IPv4

„ Backbone 0 will remain on routers R3 and R4. Reconfigure all interfaces on R2 to be in

area 25. R4 will have two interfaces in area 25, R3 will have one. Reconfigure all
interfaces on R1 to be in area 12 and reconfigure the one interface on R3 into area 12
per diagram.
„ Verify that the proper OSPF adjacencies have been set up .Verify the OSPF link-state
database.
„ Verify the IP routing table and that you have all routes in OSPF and all routers and
networks on R1-R4 area reachable from each other.
„ There is a problem with the topology in which some redundancy is lost. Identify the
problem and propose/implement a solution.

Step 2: Tune OSPF Operation

„ On R2 verify that it is learning the route for 128.213.130.0/27 from both R3 and R4 via
OSPF and preferring route via R4. Why is it preferring route via R4? Manipulate
OSPF so route is preferred via R3 and R4 with equal cost load sharing.

Step 3: Summarize Routes

„ On R4 configure a summary route for 10.1.1.0/24 in OSPF. Verify this is in the OSPF
topology database and routing table on all OSPF devices. Hint how this is done
depends on where you are summarizing to – different areas, same area, etc..

Step 4: BGP

„ R3 should be learning a default route via BGP from a previous lab. If you had R3
originating default via OSPF remove that. Configure R3 so that it will only announce
default if it receives it via BGP. Verify this by shutting down the BGP session and
verify default withdrawn. Bring back up.
„ Verify that routers R1 – R4 can all ping 172.16.1.1.
Step 5: Stub Area

„ Reconfigure area 12 as a stub area. What changes on routers R1 and R3 when this
change is made in the OSPF topology table and routing table? What is needs to that R1
still has full connectivity as it did before? Make this change.

Step 6: OSPF Authentication

„ Configure OSPF authentication using shared secret on area 25.