OSPF6 Example Configuration

This example configuration implements an OSPF6 setup using the required information from Example OSPF Configuration.

Assumptions

This example makes a few assumptions for brevity and to keep the example simple, including:

• The remote peer is already configured for OSPF6 with equivalent settings.

• IPv6 transit to the peer across a directly attached shared network is already configured, for example over a VPN, shared network segment, or peer-to-peer link.

• The link to the peer is capable of handling multicast traffic.

• Firewall rules pass OSPF traffic, which is protocol 89. It is not TCP or UDP. Firewall rules must allow multicast traffic destinations for OSPF, and it cannot be restricted to specific sources and destinations in this example.

Example Configuration

The OSPF6 configuration must be done in the following order initially. Later changes may be made in any order. This is because a valid OSPF6 configuration requires Interface tab entries which must exist before the main OSPF6 settings can be saved.

OSPF6 Interface Configuration

• Navigate to Services > FRR OSPF6, Interfaces tab

• Click Add to create a new interface

• Set the following options:

  Interface:

  LAN

  Interface is Passive:

  Checked

  Area:

  0.0.0.0

• Click Save

• Click Add to create a new interface

• Set the following options:

  Interface:

  OPT1

  Ignore MTU:

  Checked

  Metric:

  10

  Area:

  0.0.0.0

• Click Save

OSPF6 Configuration

• Navigate to Services > FRR OSPF6, OSPF6 tab

• Set the following options:

  Enable:

  Checked

  Router ID:

  10.2.0.1

  Default Area:

  0.0.0.0

• Click Save

FRR Global Configuration

• Navigate to the [Global Settings] tab

• Set the following options:

  Enable:

  Checked

  Master Password:

  Create a random string to use

• Click Save

• Navigate to the Status tab

• Confirm that the OSPF6 neighbor is present and its routes are in the table