Hi folks,
hope this is the right place to post my question. I'll try to be as concise as I can. I'm studying OSPF with dynamips/IOS and I have read many sources. So far I was told that virtual links can link areas to the bacbone (area 0) through one non-backbone area. The main purpose being the fact that this way the topology of the OSPF areas is always a star topology and hence loop free.
But what happens if I connect the same area to the backbone through two different areas?
Is this allowed? So far I haven't seen anything on such configuration. I'm playing with IOS and dynamips and I'm getting some weird results. But before moving forward with my questions I'd like to know if this is allowed in OSPF and supposed to work.
Thanks in advance,
Alex
P.S. I'm also aware that virtual links are a temporary solution ;)