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EIGRP OSPF REDISTRIBUTION SIM

EIGRP OSPF REDISTRIBUTION SIM

About the Network
1. R2 is an ASBR for EIGRP 100 and OSPF AREA 24
2. R3 is an ASBR for EIGRP 100 and OSPF AREA 34
3. [note: so there are TWO separate areas on TWO separate
ASBRS thus you need to do redistribution on R2 and R3]
4. Router R1 is ONLY in EIGRP 100, and is THE ONLY router
you can ping from.
5. R4 has a loopback interface that must be pinged from R1.
6. R4 is running OSPF and has redundant links to EIGRP
network over R2 and R3 router.

Requirements
1. The traffic from R1 should go to the most optimal route to
reach 172.16.100.0/24 network.
Note Fast-Ethernet link via R2&R3 to R4 is considered as
faster than Serial link via R2 to R4.
Verification
1. You should make a ping from R1 to 172.16.100.1 network
to make sure everything is working correctly.
2. You should traceroute from R1 to 172.16.100.1 network to
make sure traffic is routed optimally via R3.
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Check the EIGRP AS# & OSPF Process & Areas

Look at the topology to see the EIGRP AS# which is 100 in
our case.
Check the OSPF process numbers and areas first; before
typing these commands.
Maybe they are not ospf 1 as we have used here.
o R4# show run | section ospf

Redistributing on EIGRP in to OSPF at R2

o R2#config terminal
o R2(config)# router ospf 1
o R2(config-router)# redistribute eigrp 100 metrictype 1 subnets
o R2(config-router)#exit

Redistributing on OSPF in to EIGRP at R2

First we need to find out 5 parameters (Bandwidth, Delay,
Reliability, Load, MTU) of the s0/0/0 interface (the interface
of R2 connected to R4) for redistribution :
o R2#show interface s0/0/0
Write down these 5 parameters, notice that we have to
divide the Delay by 10 because the metric unit is in tens of
microsecond. For example, we get
Bandwidth=1544 Kbit, Delay=20000 s, Reliability=255,
Load=1, MTU=1500 bytes

Then we would redistribute as follows:

o R2(config-router)#router eigrp 100
o R2(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric
1544 2000 255 1 1500
Sometimes simulator didnt accept the Bandwidth of 1544; in
that case, we can use a lower value, like 128.
If the delay is 20000 s then we need to divide it by 10, that is
20000 / 10 = 2000.
The delay as shown in the show ip eigrp topology or show
interface commands is in 10s of microseconds.
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Redistributing on EIGRP in to OSPF at R3

R3#config terminal
R3(config)#router ospf 1
R3(config-router)#redistribute eigrp 100 metrictype 1 subnets
R3(config)#exit

Redistributing on OSPF in to EIGRP at R3

First we need to find out 5 parameters (Bandwidth, Delay,
Reliability, Load, MTU) of the Fa0/0 interface (the interface of
R3 connected to R4) for redistribution :
o R3#show interface s0/0/0
Write down these 5 parameters, notice that we have to divide
the Delay by 10 because the metric unit is in tens of
microsecond. For example, we get
Bandwidth=10000 Kbit, Delay=1000 s, Reliability=255, Load=1,
MTU=1500 bytes

Then we would redistribute as follows:

o R3(config-router)#router eigrp 100
o R3(config-router)#redistribute ospf 1 metric 10000
100 255 1 1500
Finally you should try to show ip route to see the
172.16.100.1 network (the network behind R4) in the routing
table of R1 and make a ping from R1 to this network.

Check the Connectivity & Route from R1 to R4

At R1 Ping 172.16.100.1 (must be successful)
At R1 traceroute 172.16.100.1 (routes must pass though
R1R2R4)

Configure the routes via R3 (Faster Route) At R2

o R2(config-router)#router eigrp 100
o R2(config-router)# distance eigrp 90 105
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This command sets the A.D. of all EIGRP internal routes to

90.
All EIGRP external routes are set to an A.D. of 105, which
is smaller than the A.D. of OSPF (110).
The link via R2, R3 to R4 will be preferred to the serial link
via R2 to R4.

Verify the Faster Route (R1 R2 R3 R4)

At R1 Ping 172.16.100.1 (must be successful)
At R1 traceroute 172.16.100.1 (routes must pass though
R1R2R3R4)

Save the Router Configurations on all Routers

R1#copy
R2#copy
R3#copy
R4#copy

running-config
running-config
running-config
running-config

startup-config
startup-config
startup-config
startup-config

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