How OSPF Injects a Default Route into a Not So Stubby Area [IP Routing]

Document ID: 47870

Updated: Aug 10, 2005

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Examine the OSPF Database in a Not So Stubby Area

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Introduction

This document shows how Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) injects a default route into a not so stubby area (NSSA). The area border router (ABR) for the NSSA does not, by default, originate a default route into the NSSA. You must use the area <x> nssa default-information originate command.

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Configure

In this section, you are presented with the information to configure the features described in this document.

Note: To find additional information on the commands used in this document, use the Command Lookup Tool (registered customers only) .

Network Diagram

This document uses the network setup shown in this diagram.

Configurations

This document uses the configurations shown here.

Router 1.1.1.1
Router 2.2.2.2

Router 1.1.1.1

Current configuration:

hostname r1.1.1.1

interface Loopback0
 ip address 1.1.1.1 255.0.0.0

interface Serial2/1/0
 ip address 5.0.0.1 255.0.0.0
 
router ospf 2
 network 5.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 1
 area 1 nssa

end

Router 2.2.2.2

Current configuration:

hostname r2.2.2.2

interface Loopback0
 ip address 2.2.2.2 255.0.0.0
 
interface Serial0/1/0
 ip address 5.0.0.2 255.0.0.0

interface ATM1/0.20
 ip address 6.0.0.2 255.0.0.0
 
router ospf 2
 network 5.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 1
 network 6.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 area 0
 area 1 nssa default-information originate

end

Verify

This section provides information you can use to confirm your configuration is working properly.

Certain show commands are supported by the Output Interpreter Tool (registered customers only) , which allows you to view an analysis of show command output.

show ip ospf database —Displays a list of the Link State Advertisements (LSAs) and types them into a link state database. This list shows only the information in the LSA header.
show ip ospf database nssa-external —Displays information only about the NSSA external LSAs.
show ip route —Displays the current status of the routing table.

Examine the OSPF Database in a Not So Stubby Area

To see how the OSPF Database looks, use the show ip ospf database command.

r2.2.2.2#show ip ospf database

       OSPF Router with ID (2.2.2.2) (Process ID 2) 

           Router Link States (Area 0) 

Link ID    ADV Router     Age     Seq#          Checksum   Link count 
2.2.2.2    2.2.2.2        600     0x80000001    0x9583          1 

           Summary Net Link States (Area 0) 

Link ID    ADV Router      Age     Seq#          Checksum 
5.0.0.0     2.2.2.2        600     0x80000001    0x8E61 

           Router Link States (Area 1) 

Link ID    ADV Router     Age     Seq#           Checksum   Link count 
1.1.1.1    1.1.1.1        864     0x8000005E     0xD350         2 
2.2.2.2    2.2.2.2        584     0x8000001E     0xF667         2 

           Summary Net Link States (Area 1) 

Link ID    ADV Router     Age     Seq#          Checksum 
6.0.0.0    2.2.2.2        585     0x80000004    0xA87C 

           Type-7 AS External Link States (Area 1) 

Link ID    ADV Router     Age     Seq#          Checksum   Tag 
0.0.0.0    2.2.2.2        601     0x80000001    0xD0D8      0

The ABR for the NSSA originates a type 7 and an LSA with a link ID of 0.0.0.0. This is a result of the area 1 nssa default-information-originate command in its OSPF configuration.

r2.2.2.2#show ip ospf database nssa-external 0.0.0.0 

       OSPF Router with ID (2.2.2.2) (Process ID 2) 

                Type-7 AS External Link States (Area 1) 

  LS age: 650 
  Options: (No TOS-capability, No Type 7/5 translation, DC) 
  LS Type: AS External Link 
  Link State ID: 0.0.0.0 (External Network Number ) 
  Advertising Router: 2.2.2.2 
  LS Seq Number: 80000001 
  Checksum: 0xD0D8 
  Length: 36 
  Network Mask: /0 
        Metric Type: 2 (Larger than any link state path) 
        TOS: 0 
        Metric: 1 
        Forward Address: 0.0.0.0 
        External Route Tag: 0

The ABR originates the 0.0.0.0 type 7 LSA, even though it does not have a default route.

r2.2.2.2#show ip route 0.0.0.0 
% Network not in table 

r1.1.1.1#show ip route ospf 
O IA 6.0.0.0/8 [110/65] via 5.0.0.2, 00:00:18, Serial2/1/0 
O*N2 0.0.0.0/0 [110/1] via 5.0.0.2, 00:00:18, Serial2/1/0