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Traffic to a RIP branch detours through the core after a reload

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A legacy branch router, R1, runs RIPv2 only. Its LAN 172.16.10.0/24 hosts the ERP server 172.16.10.20. R2 and R3 each have a direct link to R1 running RIP, and an uplink to CORE1 in OSPF area 0. Both redistribute RIP into OSPF and OSPF into RIP (redistribute ospf 1 metric 3), with no route-maps.

R2 was reloaded for an IOS upgrade last night. This morning, users on R2's LAN (10.20.0.0/24) say the ERP system is slow. Last month, after a power cut at R3's site, it was R3's users who complained for a while. R2's direct link to R1 is up and clean.

OSPF area 0Gi0/0/0Gi0/0/110.0.24.0/30Gi0/0/1Gi0/0/110.0.34.0/30Gi0/0/0Gi0/0/010.0.12.0/30Gi0/0/0Gi0/0/110.0.13.0/30Gi0/0/2Gi0/0/2CORE1OSPF RID 10.255.0.4R2RID 10.255.0.2R3RID 10.255.0.3PC2R2 LAN 10.20.0.0/24R1RIP onlySRV1ERP 172.16.10.20

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