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OSPF special area configuration

 

redistribute static as E1 routes

conf t
router ospf 1
redistribute static subnets metric-type 1 50
  • metric-type 1 - increments the metric
  • metric-type 2 - don’t increment metric

block neighbour forming 

conf t
router ospf 1
passive-interface default ( block all )
  • to enable per interface
conf t
router ospf 1
no passive-interface fa0/2

authentication md5

 interface FastEthernet0/0
 ip address 10.100.1.1 255.255.255.0
 ip ospf authentication message-digest <--
 ip ospf message-digest-key 1 md5 cisco <--
 duplex auto
 speed auto
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limited capacity router - we could block routes from outside of OSPF system

  • R4
conf t
router ospf 1
area 45 stub   <--
  • R5
conf t
router ospf 1
area 45 stub  <--

block 3, 4 and 5 LSA’s in area 23

R2

conf t 
router ospf 1
area 23 stub no-summary  <--
  • R3
conf t 
router ospf 1
area 23 stub     <--

default route initial cost of 100 in area 23

  • R2
conf t 
router ospf 1
area 23 default-cost 100  <--
  • R6
conf t
router ospf 1
area 67 virtual-link 7.7.7.7  <--
  • R7
conf t
router ospf 1
area 67 virtual-link 6.6.6.6  <--
  • must be connected to area 0