Hey all - I've searched far and wide and can't find an answer to this ...
I have 300+ routers in the backbone area. I am wanting to move some off into areas of their own.
1 - Can I have a STANDARD area (0.0.0.1) with multiple connections back to the backbone?
2 - If the backbone ever breaks will it use that round about path if so?
3 - And does it really save me any CPU / convergence time / etc if all the routers in the STANDARD area still pull all the routes and send all their routes?
Thanks for your time!
PS - It seems like I had major issues with 6.45.6 and ospf peers... had to roll back to 6.44.6. The LSA table shows all routes but does not install them. Anyone else have those problems with a large ospf deployment and mixed versions?