Route Redistribution Overview

A router that connects two or more routing domains and will be the point of redistribution is known as a boundary router, as illustrated in Figure 17-1. A boundary router can redistribute static routes, connected routes, and routes learned via one routing protocol into another routing protocol.

Figure shows a central router R2 labeled “Boundary Router.” The R2 is connected to the router R1 on the left and the router R3 on the right. The region of area between R1 and R2 labeled “RIP.” The region of area between R2 and R3 labeled “EIGRP.”

Figure 17-1 Boundary Router

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Redistribution occurs from the routing table into a routing protocols data structure (such as the EIGRP topology table, or the OSPF link-state database [LSDB]), as shown in Figure 17-2. This is ...

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