Thats right it is just a 32 bit address to identify a router in OSPF.. but
it is not an IP address. This way I was thinking whether configuring this
address as the virtual link peer of the other ABR shall enable to bring the
virtual link up?


On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Kim Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  As far as i know, its purely the router ID, which can be represented as an
> IP address, but in fact its just a 32bit number.
>
> Kim
>
> Syed Zaidi wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> This is about Vlinks in OSPF.
>>
>> While configuring OSPF VL, we configure it between to non area0 ABRs, here
>> I would like to know about this..--> when we actually configure these VLinks
>> we define other ABR's Router-id on both the ABRs... well, what I want to
>> know here is; whether this router-id can be the 32 bit address but NOT an
>> actual interface IP address of any interfaces on both the ABRs? I mean is
>> this setup ok, will it still bring the VIRTUAL LINK up?
>>
>> Waiting for a quick answer ASAP.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Syed
>>
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