Hello,

FastEthernet ports should have an associated cost of 1 in OSPF.
However, I did a lab and I had 10, as if it were an Ethernet port.

I know we can go into the interface and enter commands like
"ip ospf cost 1" or "bandwidth 100000".

However, I am just curious. Why GNS3 shows a cost of 10 for
a FastEthernet port instead of 1 ????

Thank you for your answer.

Hi all,

No answer to my question. Sniff. It is very simple to reproduce the issue.



Here is the configuration of R1, and R2 has a similar configuration:
R1(config)# interface FastEthernet 0/0
R1(config-if)# ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)# no shutdown
R1(config-if)# exit
R1(config)# router ospf 1
R1(config-router)# network 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
R1(config-router)# end
R1#show ip ospf interface FastEthernet 0/0
FastEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up
Internet Address 10.0.0.1/24, Area 0
Process ID 1, Router ID 10.0.0.1, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: 10

As you can see, the last line says that the cost is 10. It should be 1.
Any idea????

David.

I have just tested this and can confirm it is caused by the network links within GNS3/Dynamips. By default the links only operate at 10Mbps/Half-Duplex, hence a cost of 10. Setting the following on your interfaces will fix that:

These were the results from my tests.
Test #1 - As per your post
Result - Cost:10

Test #2 - With Speed and Duplex set to 100/Full
Result - Cost: 1

Test #3 - Tested on two physical 2610XM Routers, using the original config (without speed and duplex settings)
Result - Cost: 1

Hope that helps

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Hi Daniel,

Good!!!
Thank you so much for your contribution.
I always had this problem with the OSPF cost when I was teaching.
Now I know how to fix it.

David.