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Normal, Stub, Totally Stub and NSSA Area Differences

This document compares different types of OSPF areas: normal areas have no restrictions, stub areas do not allow Type 5 external LSAs, totally stub areas only allow the default summary route and not Type 3, 4, or 5 LSAs, NSSA areas behave like stub areas for external LSAs but allow Type 7 LSAs to be translated to Type 5 LSAs at the NSSA border router, and NSSA totally stub areas are like totally stub but allow Type 7 to be translated to Type 5.

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Normal, Stub, Totally Stub and NSSA Area Differences

This document compares different types of OSPF areas: normal areas have no restrictions, stub areas do not allow Type 5 external LSAs, totally stub areas only allow the default summary route and not Type 3, 4, or 5 LSAs, NSSA areas behave like stub areas for external LSAs but allow Type 7 LSAs to be translated to Type 5 LSAs at the NSSA border router, and NSSA totally stub areas are like totally stub but allow Type 7 to be translated to Type 5.

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Normal, Stub, Totally Stub and NSSA Area Differences

This table shows the differences between the types of areas defined in this document:

Area

Restriction

Normal

None

Stub

No Type 5 AS-external LSA


allowed

Totally Stub

No Type 3, 4 or 5 LSAs
allowed except the default
summary route

NSSA

No Type 5 AS-external LSAs


allowed, but Type 7 LSAs that
convert to Type 5 at the
NSSA ABR can traverse

NSSA Totally Stub

No Type 3, 4 or 5 LSAs
except the default summary
route, but Type 7 LSAs that
convert to Type 5 at the
NSSA ABR are allowed

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