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Posted by John Agosta on June 18, 2005, 2:20 pm
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The internal routers will choose the default route pointing to the ABR with
the lowest cost,
from there, the ABR routes accordingly.
> SETUP: When an OSPF area type is configured as STUB, then only a
> default route will be advertised into the stub area by the Area Border
> Router. No ASBRs or external routes will be advertised. FINE. But what
> if there are two links connecting the stub area to area 0, meaning the
> stub area has two ABRs. Furthermore, suppose one of those ABRs has a
> shorter path to the ASBR (i.e. lower metric).
>
> QUESTION: When each ABR advertises a default route into the stub area,
> will the routers pick the default route with the lower metric? If not,
> how will the stub areas routers choose from among the two candidate
> default routes?
>
> Thanx!
> Jim
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