Wednesday, 28 October 2026

OSPF Configuration | Same Area | Cisco Packet Tracer

 Topology 




Step 1 - Basic configuration


R1

hostname R1

int Se0/1/0

ip address 12.1.1.1 255.255.255.252

description **WAN_to_R2**

no shut


int gi0/0/0

ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

description **LAN**

no shut


int loopback 1

ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255


R2


hostname R2

int Se0/1/0

ip address 12.1.1.2 255.255.255.252

description **WAN_to_R1**

no shut


int gi0/0/0

ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0

description **LAN**

no shut


int loopback 1

ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255


Step 2 - Configuration of OSPF 


<Verifying no OSPF configuration>

R1#

R1#

R1#show run | section ospf 

R1#

R1#show ip ospf

R1#


R2#show run | section ospf 

R2#

R2#show ip ospf

R2#



<Configuring OSPF>


R1

router ospf 1

router-id 1.1.1.1

network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.3 area 0

network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0


R2

router ospf 1

router-id 2.2.2.2

network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.3 area 0

network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0


<Verification Commands>


<Verification 1 # OSPF is running and OSPF RID>


R1#show ip ospf 

 Routing Process "ospf 1" with ID 1.1.1.1

 Supports only single TOS(TOS0) routes

 Supports opaque LSA

 SPF schedule delay 5 secs, Hold time between two SPFs 10 secs

 Minimum LSA interval 5 secs. Minimum LSA arrival 1 secs

 Number of external LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x000000

 Number of opaque AS LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x000000

 Number of DCbitless external and opaque AS LSA 0

 Number of DoNotAge external and opaque AS LSA 0

 Number of areas in this router is 1. 1 normal 0 stub 0 nssa

 External flood list length 0

    Area BACKBONE(0)

        Number of interfaces in this area is 2

        Area has no authentication

        SPF algorithm executed 3 times

        Area ranges are

        Number of LSA 2. Checksum Sum 0x01a195

        Number of opaque link LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x000000

        Number of DCbitless LSA 0

        Number of indication LSA 0

        Number of DoNotAge LSA 0

        Flood list length 0



<Verification 2 #Confirm OSPF is enabled on the correct interfaces>


R1#show ip ospf interface brief

Interface     PID   Area                     IP Address/Mask          Cost  State  Nbrs F/C

Se0/1/0         1   0                       12.1.1.1/255.255.255.252   64   POINT  0/0

Gig0/0/0        1   0                      192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0   1       DR  0/0


<Verification 3 #Confirm OSPF neighbor adjacency is formed>


R1#show ip ospf neighbor 

Neighbor ID     Pri   State           Dead Time   Address         Interface

2.2.2.2           0   FULL/  -        00:00:30    12.1.1.2        Serial0/1/0

R1#


<Verification 4 #Confirm OSPF routes are installed>


R1#

R1#show ip route ospf

O    192.168.2.0 [110/65] via 12.1.1.2, 00:04:28, Serial0/1/0



<Verification 5 # End to End PC-PC Ping>


Ping from PC0 to PC2

C:\>ping 192.168.2.200

Pinging 192.168.2.200 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.2.200: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=126

Reply from 192.168.2.200: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=126

Reply from 192.168.2.200: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=126

Reply from 192.168.2.200: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=126


Ping statistics for 192.168.2.200:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 16ms, Average = 8ms


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