Case Study: Which Area Should This Network Be In?
Sometimes you may find that a given remote router has been, or needs to be, dual-homed to routers in different areas, as shown in Figure 5-12.
Figure 5-12. Remote Dual-Homed into Two Different Areas
When dual homing a remote site to two routers in different areas, you need to decide which area to put each link in. Begin by putting the serial link between Routers D and B in area 1 and the serial link between Routers D and C in area 2; these changes are illustrated in Figure 5-13. Now that you have those two down, you still have one small enigma to handle: Which area do you put the remote Ethernet ...
Get Advanced IP Network Design (CCIE Professional Development) now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
