Making the area stub will explicitly deny the use of type 4/5 in the area, hence, this should not work. Summarization at the ABR would make the most sense to me. Odd that it doesn't seem to work. pete *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/12/2001 at 6:40 PM John Neiberger wrote: >Could you accomplish this by making the area containing the ASBR a >stubby area? IIRC, you can put an ASBR inside a stubby area but the >Type-5 LSAs will not leave the area. I'm not sure about that, but I'd >swear I read that somewhere recently. > >Okay, I just checked this in Giles, 2nd edition. According to him, the >above is true. But who knows if it works in the real world. > >Good luck! > >John > >>>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > 7/12/01 1:58:11 PM >>> >hi all, > >have a problem that has been nagging at me for a good long time now... > >say you have a pair of ABRs sitting at an OSPF area boundary, and an >ASBR is >originating Type-5 LSAs from inside the non-backbone area. Is there an >easy >way to suppress the propagation of the type-5s outside the area? I >would >have a range statement on the ABRs to advertise the area aggregate, I >just >want to suppress the more specifics. > >I have tried using 'distribute-list out ' which would do it for >me, but for some reason IOS won't allow this with OSPF: > >router(config)#router os 1 >router(config-router)#distribute-list 1 out FastEthernet 0/0 >% Interface not allowed with OUT for OSPF >router(config-router)# > >I suppose that allowing this could potentially screw up routing if >done >without some care, but JunOS lets you do exactly this sort of thing - >you >can produce some wacky policies, but at least you have the option ;-) > >btw - I know I could prolly do this with multiple OSPF instances and >redistribute between them, but I *really* don't want to get into this >level >of complexity. > >thanks in advance - this one has been driving me mad > >Andy Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=12294&t=12294 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]