The Ospf Area Add/Edit Screen - ZyXEL Communications Vantage CNM 2.3 User Manual

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Chapter 9 Device Network Settings

Table 123 Device Operation > Device Configuration > Network > Routing Protocol >

OSPF (continued)

9.13.1 The OSPF Area Add/Edit Screen

The OSPF Area Add/Edit screen allows you to create a new area or edit an

existing one. To access this screen, go to the OSPF summary screen (see

9.13 on page

Figure 139 Device Operation > Device Configuration > Network > Routing > OSPF >

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 124 Device Operation > Device Configuration > Network > Routing > OSPF >

Click this button to save your changes to the ZyWALL.

Click this button to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

310), and click either the Add icon or an Edit icon.

Type the unique, 32-bit identifier for the area in IP address format.

Select the type of area.

Normal - This area is a normal area. It has routing information about

the OSPF AS and about networks outside the OSPF AS.

Stub - This area is an stub area. It has routing information about the

OSPF AS but not about networks outside the OSPF AS. It depends on a

default route to send information outside the OSPF AS.

NSSA - This area is a Not So Stubby Area (NSSA), per RFC 1587. It has

routing information about the OSPF AS and networks that are outside

the OSPF AS and are directly connected to the NSSA. It does not have

information about other networks outside the OSPF AS.

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