Area Range - SMC Networks SMC8748ML3 Management Manual

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Command Usage
• Setting the SPF holdtime to 0 means that there is no delay between
consecutive calculations.
• Using a low value allows the router to switch to a new path faster, but
uses more CPU processing time.
Example
Console(config-router)#timers spf 20
Console(config-router)#

area range

This command summarizes the routes advertised by an Area Border Router
(ABR). Use the no form to disable this function.
Syntax
[no] area area-id range ip-address netmask [advertise | not-advertise]
• area-id - Identifies an area for which the routes are summarized.
(The area ID must be in the form of an IP address.)
• ip-address - Base address for the routes to summarize.
• netmask - Network mask for the summary route.
• advertise - Advertises the specified address range.
• not-advertise - The summary is not sent, and the routes remain
hidden from the rest of the network.
Command Mode
Router Configuration
Default Setting
Disabled
Command Usage
• This command can be used to advertise routes between areas.
• If routes are set to be advertised, the router will issue a Type 3 summary
LSA for each address range specified with this command.
• This router supports up 64 summary routes for area ranges.
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