How to lookup your OSPF Router-ID

By default ospf display Router-ID like IP address.

It’s possible to change this behavior and replace by a name.

Before:

R1#sh ip ospf neighbor

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface
10.0.31.31 0 FULL/ - 00:00:39 10.0.99.2 Ethernet0/1
10.0.130.130 0 FULL/ - 00:00:36 10.0.10.2 Ethernet0/2

After:

ip host R3 10.0.130.130
ip host R2 10.0.31.31


ip ospf name-lookup

R1#sh ip ospf neighbor

Neighbor ID Pri State Dead Time Address Interface
R2 0 FULL/ - 00:00:38 10.0.99.2 Ethernet0/1
R3 0 FULL/ - 00:00:36 10.0.10.2 Ethernet0/2

Of course, fix the router-id.