Hey everyone,
I’ve been playing around with the different area types and virtual links.
R7 redistributes its loopback0 interface with the address 7.7.7.7/32 into OSPF.
R5/R6 translate the type 7 LSA into type 5 and flood that into the other areas and everything seems to be fine at first glance.
Every router has a route to 7.7.7.7/32 except for R3. In R3’s LSDB I can see the LSA and it has a valid route to the advertising router but it doesn’t install the route to 7.7.7.7.
If I directly connect R3 with R5 and R6 instead of using virtual-links, R3 installs the route.
The route to 6.6.6.6/32 is installed in R3’s routing table no matter if I use virtual-links or direct connections.
What am I missing here?
Why doesn’t R3 install the route to 7.7.7.7 if I use virtual-links?