NETGEAR M4300 - Configure the OSPF Area Range

OSPF and OSPFv3
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M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
Configure the OSPF Area Range
 Configure the OSPF area range:
1. Launch a web browser.
2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is
admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
4. Click the Login button.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Routing > OSPF >
Advanced >
Area Range Configuration.
6. Enter the OSPF Area ID.
An area ID is a 32-bit integer in dotted-decimal format that uniquely identifies the area to
which a router interface connects.
7. Enter the IP Address for the address range for the selected area.
8. Enter the Subnet Mask for the address range for the selected area.
9. From the list in the LSDB T
ype
field, select the type of link advertisement associated with
the specified area and address range.
Options are as follows: Network Summary or NSSA External. The default type is
Network Summary
.
10. In the Advertise list, select Enable or Disable.
If you select Enable, the address range is advertised outside the area through a network
summary LSA. The default is Enable.
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1. Click the Add button.
The new address range is added.
12. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.