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ospf and (lack of) auto summarization support
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Ok, just the process of making this post will probably be enough to help me remember, but just in case...
I keep getting burned on the practice questions about which routing protocols support auto summarization.
RIP, RIPv2 and EIGRP do.
OSPF and IS-IS don't.
*Why* doesn't OSPF support auto summarization? Has anyone got a good idea? Google-fu turns up plenty of pages that it doesn't, but not why it doesn't. I'm hoping that knowing why will help me remember.
I keep getting burned on the practice questions about which routing protocols support auto summarization.
RIP, RIPv2 and EIGRP do.
OSPF and IS-IS don't.
*Why* doesn't OSPF support auto summarization? Has anyone got a good idea? Google-fu turns up plenty of pages that it doesn't, but not why it doesn't. I'm hoping that knowing why will help me remember.
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NetworkVeteran Member Posts: 2,338 ■■■■■■■■□□
smcclenaghan wrote: »I keep getting burned on the practice questions about which routing protocols support auto summarization.
RIP, RIPv2 and EIGRP do.
OSPF and IS-IS don't.
*Why* doesn't OSPF support auto summarization? -
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smcclenaghan Member Posts: 139
Thanks for the response. Honestly I'll have to think about it awhile for it to sink in. But thanks. -
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Dieg0M Member Posts: 861
OSPF does not support auto-summarization because of how Dijsktra algorithm is calculated. The topology database (LSDB) needs to be identical in every router of the area for SPF to calculate the best path for prefixes. That is why OSPF allows summarization only on ABR and ASBR's routers.Follow my CCDE journey at www.routingnull0.com -
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smcclenaghan Member Posts: 139
Thanks, both of you.
Quick question though. Doesn't EIGRP also require that the topology database be identical on all routers in the same AS? It does support automatic summarization though. -
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NetworkVeteran Member Posts: 2,338 ■■■■■■■■□□
smcclenaghan wrote: »Doesn't EIGRP also require that the topology database be identical on all routers in the same AS? -
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smcclenaghan Member Posts: 139
Ah, that's right... or it wouldn't need DUAL.
Ok, thanks again for the help NetworkVeteran.
You folks on this board are amazing.