area range (OSPF)

Use the area range command in Router Configuration mode to configure a summary prefix that an area border router advertises for a specific area.

Default No area ranges are configured by default. No cost is configured by default.
Format area areaid range ip-address netmask {summarylink | nssaexternallink} [advertise | not-advertise] [cost cost]
Mode OSPFv2 Router Configuration
Parameter Description
area-id The area identifier for the area whose networks are to be summarized.
prefix netmask The summary prefix to be advertised when the ABR computes a route to one or more networks within this prefix in this area.
summarylink When this keyword is given, the area range is used when summarizing prefixes advertised in type 3 summary LSAs.
nssaexternallink When this keyword is given, the area range is used when translating type 7 LSAs to type 5 LSAs.
advertise [Optional] When this keyword is given, the summary prefix is advertised when the area range is active. This is the default.
not-advertise [Optional] When this keyword is given, neither the summary prefix nor the contained prefixes are advertised when the area range is active. When the not-advertise option is given, any static cost previously configured is removed from the system configuration.
cost [Optional] If an optional cost is given, OSPF sets the metric field in the summary LSA to the configured value rather than setting the metric to the largest cost among the networks covered by the area range. A static cost may only be configured if the area range is configured to advertise the summary. The range is 0 to 16,777,215. If the cost is set to 16,777,215 for type 3 summarization, a type 3 summary LSA is not advertised, but contained networks are suppressed. This behavior is equivalent to specifying the not-advertise option. If the range is configured for type 7 to type 5 translation, a type 5 LSA is sent if the metric is set to 16,777,215; however, other routers will not compute a route from a type 5 LSA with this metric.

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