Experts, according to JNCIP_studyguide pag 179: "Juniper Networks routers do not automatically generate a default route when operating as an ABR attached to a stub or not-so-stubby area. With JUNOS software, you must configure a default metric before a default route will be advertised!"
But router 'itp' doesn't get it :-( any idea why and how? Thanks! rc2> show configuration routing-instances RI protocols ospf area 13.246.165.176 { stub default-metric 1 no-summaries; interface ge-5/2/1.176; } area 0.0.0.0 { interface ge-5/2/0.314; } rc2> show ospf database instance RI OSPF database, Area 0.0.0.0 Type ID Adv Rtr Seq Age Opt Cksum Len Router *13.246.165.177 13.246.165.177 0x80000004 119 0x22 0x1813 36 Summary *13.246.165.151 13.246.165.177 0x80000004 119 0x22 0x712a 28 Summary *13.246.165.176 13.246.165.177 0x80000004 119 0x22 0x4248 28 OSPF database, Area 13.246.165.176 Type ID Adv Rtr Seq Age Opt Cksum Len Router 13.246.165.151 13.246.165.151 0x80000006 266 0x20 0x8f14 48 Router *13.246.165.177 13.246.165.177 0x80000008 119 0x20 0xeed0 36 Network *13.246.165.177 13.246.165.177 0x80000003 119 0x20 0x12db 32 l...@hu-bud01a-rc2> show ospf neighbor instance RI Address Interface State ID Pri Dead 13.246.165.178 ge-5/2/1.176 Full 13.246.165.151 1 36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ itp#show ip interface brief | ex una Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol FastEthernet0/0 13.246.165.178 YES manual up up Loopback0 13.246.165.151 YES manual up up itp#show running-config | s router ospf router ospf 1 router-id 13.246.165.151 log-adjacency-changes area 13.246.165.176 stub network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 area 13.246.165.176 itp#show ip route <....> Gateway of last resort is not set 13.0.0.0/8 is variably subnetted, 2 subnets, 2 masks C 13.246.165.151/32 is directly connected, Loopback0 C 13.246.165.176/29 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0 itp#show ip ospf database OSPF Router with ID (13.246.165.151) (Process ID 1) Router Link States (Area 13.246.165.176) Link ID ADV Router Age Seq# Checksum Link count 13.246.165.151 13.246.165.151 424 0x80000006 0x008F14 2 13.246.165.177 13.246.165.177 278 0x80000008 0x00EED0 1 Net Link States (Area 13.246.165.176) Link ID ADV Router Age Seq# Checksum 13.246.165.177 13.246.165.177 278 0x80000003 0x0012DB _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp