To Define Area type as stub in R1B If there is only one Area Border Router (ABR) within an area, it is recommended

to define the area as a stub area, in all routers within the area, in order to reduce the size of the routing table. Using stub areas improves the performance of the OSPF routing by reducing the size of the link state database and the memory requirements of routers inside the areas. The following example shows how to define an area (area ID=1.1.1.1) as a stub area. 1. Log in in Exec mode. C:\>telnet 10.0.1.1 Password:ericsson 2. Enter Privileged Exec mode. TN-10-0-1-1>enable Password:ericsson 3. Enter Global Configuration mode. TN-10-0-1-1#configure 4. Enter Router Configuration mode for OSPF. TN-10-0-1-1(config)#router ospf 5. Define the area as a stub area. TN-10-0-1-1-ospf(config-router)#area 1.1.1.1 stub Note: For an ABR it is possible to add the no-summary parameter in order to stop the ABR from sending summary link advertisements into the stub area. This will reduce the routing table even more.