Hi to all..
I have similar topology on my network like on this picture.
rb are routerboards or Mikrotik devices
rb1, rb2 and rb3 are routerboards that are connected with fast links in turbo a mode, and there is OSPF there (the actual structure is much bigger and more complex)
rb4, rb5 and rb6 are client routerboards that are routed (ethernet and wireless) so lets say on mesh part there is 192.168.1.0/24 and on ethernet there is 192.168.10.1/24 etc…
So what would be the best way to configure this?
One thing I tried was this:
I run OSPF on MESH interface with big cost (200) and partialy it worked ok, but most very badly. (fast links has OSPF cost 5 and traffic that is not on mesh goes with them)
The problem was that when rb6 wanted to go to main gateway, its packets went through gatway rb1 (despite it has no direct connection) so it went firstly on rb3, then rb2 and then rb1 but through mesh interface, and not through fast link? How can I make OSPF to choose fast link instead of MESH? Is there a OSPF mechanism to test link and see that another gateway is better? Or am I doing it all wrong? Thank you
anybody any ideas? does ospf have some regulation that can increase cost depending on link quality?