Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 1476

Area ID—Four-byte decimal number that identifies the area. For
example, a valid Area ID is 85.8.0.11. However, the Area ID does not
have to be an IP address. You can enter any number, but it must be in
the format of an IP address. If you enter a hexadecimal number,
INETCFG converts it to decimal.
For the router to belong to an area, the Area ID that identifies that
area must be assigned to at least one of the router's interfaces. You
assign an Area ID to an interface in
Authentication—Switch that enables or disables authentication for
the area.
If you enable authentication on this router, you must enable
authentication on all other routers in the area. Also, all interfaces
belonging to that area must have an authentication key. You provide
the authentication key in
Route Aggregation—Network number of a group of networks that is
aggregated into one network number. Press Ins to assign the Network
and Mask values of this network number. Because supernetting is not
supported, the aggregated network must be the same length as the
natural mask of the network class.
Area Type—Type of OSPF area, which can be Normal or Stub. All
routers in the same area must agree on the area type.
NOTE:
The backbone area (0.0.0.0) cannot be a stub area.
Stub Cost—Cost of the default route advertised to the stub area. This
parameter is used only if the Area Type is set to Stub.
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Press Esc until you are prompted to save your changes, and then select
Yes.
8
Press Esc until you return to the Internetworking Configuration menu,
then select Bindings > an existing binding > OSPF Bind Options.
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If you are configuring an OSPF area, configure the following area
parameters:
Area ID—ID of the area to which this interface belongs. Press Enter
to determine the list of available areas. Use the Up-arrow and Down-
arrow keys to select an area, and then press Enter to select it.
Authentication Password—Eight-byte password that authenticates
the router's OSPF packets to the area to which this interface belongs.
Valid characters are 0 to 9, A to Z, a to z, underscore, and dash.
Step 8.
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