Term Defintion

OSPF Stub Area Types

Type 3 LSA default distributed into area. No Type 5 LSAs are allowed (no ASBR
Stub The document details the four main stub area for OSPF. It
can redistribute into this area).
shows the config for the Area Border Routers (ABRs), the
All other Type 3 LSAs are filtered as well. So only the default Type 3 LSA will be Autonomous System Border Routers (ASBRs) and Internal
Totally Routers (IRs) in Cisco IOS. This includes the optional setting
present.
of the default metric value and basic redistribution.
NSSA (Not So External routes are allowed in, but they are Type 7 LSAs not Type 5s (which are
Stubby Area) always prohibited).

STUBBY NSSA
AREA 0 EXTERNAL AREA 0
AREA 1 Redistribution AREA 1
ROUTE SOURCE
(e.g. BGP or Type 5 LSAs
router ospf 1 Default Type 3 EIGRP) Default Type 3
IR LSA LSA
(Converted from
area 1 stub Type 7 LSAs)
! Type 7 LSAs
interface Gi0/0 ABR ASBR ABR
router ospf 1
ip ospf 1 area 1 Other Type 3 router ospf 1 Other Type 3 router ospf 1
LSAs area 1 nssa LSAs
area 1 stub area 1 nssa
redistribute bgp 1 subnets
area 1 default-metric 10 area 1 default-metric 10
!
! !
interface Gi0/0
router ospf 1 interface Gi0/0 interface Gi0/0
IR No external LSAs ip ospf 1 area 1
ip ospf 1 area 1 IR ip ospf 1 area 1
area 1 stub router ospf 1
! area 1 nssa
interface Gi0/0
!
ip ospf 1 area 1 interface Gi0/0
ip ospf 1 area 1

TOTALLY STUBBY TOTALLY NSSA

AREA 0 EXTERNAL AREA 0
AREA 1 Redistribution AREA 1
ROUTE SOURCE
(e.g. BGP or Type 5 LSAs
router ospf 1 Default Type 3 EIGRP) Default Type 3
IR LSA LSA
(Converted from
area 1 stub Type 7 LSAs)
! Type 7 LSAs
interface Gi0/0 ABR ASBR ABR
router ospf 1
ip ospf 1 area 1 Other Type 3 LSAs not router ospf 1 Other Type 3 LSAs not router ospf 1
created or flooded! area 1 nssa created or flooded!
area 1 stub no summary area 1 nssa no summary
redistribute bgp 1 subnets
area 1 default-metric 10 area 1 default-metric 10
!
! !
interface Gi0/0
router ospf 1 interface Gi0/0 interface Gi0/0
IR ip ospf 1 area 1
ip ospf 1 area 1 IR ip ospf 1 area 1
area 1 stub No external LSAs router ospf 1
! area 1 nssa
interface Gi0/0
!
ip ospf 1 area 1 interface Gi0/0
ip ospf 1 area 1

by Steven Crutchley www.netquirks.co.uk