# Virtual Links

**URL:** <https://forum.networklessons.com/t/virtual-links/5505>\
**Category:** OSPF\
**Created:** [November 19, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/virtual-links/5505 "2018-11-19T14:43:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rick](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rick](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/rick)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/virtual-links/5505/1 "2018-11-19T14:43:55Z")

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The notion of virtual links makes sense. However, how is this actually working under the hood. What is the virtual link actually doing? Is this tunneling the LSA’s ?

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**Author:** ![lagapidis](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/user_avatar/forum.networklessons.com/lagapidis/32/4949_2.png) [@lagapidis](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/lagapidis)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/virtual-links/5505/2 "2018-11-22T10:46:45Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [How to configure OSPF Virtual Link](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/how-to-configure-ospf-virtual-link/942)

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**Author:** ![lagapidis](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/user_avatar/forum.networklessons.com/lagapidis/32/4949_2.png) [@lagapidis](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/lagapidis)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/virtual-links/5505/3 "2018-11-22T10:46:45Z")

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