How to configure Stub Cost Num?

[Ondrej Filip]

ChuYinsu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I read RFC2328 these days, I found this (at the end of Section 6):
> 
> StubDefaultCost
>     If the area has been configured as a stub area, and the router
> itself is an area border router, then the StubDefaultCost indicates
> the
>     cost of the default summary-LSA that the router should advertise
> into the area. See Section 12.4.3 for more information.
> 
> This reminds me, one of my former questions about "stub cost num"
> configuration in BIRD. So does the parameter "stub cost num" means
> StubDefaultCost in RFC2328?
> 

Yes, exactly.

		Ondrej


> Thanks!
> 
> 2009/4/27 Ondrej Zajicek <santiago at crfreenet.org>:
>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 06:33:59PM +0800, ChuYinsu wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I noticed this in the User's Guide:
>>>
>>> stub cost num
>>>
>>> No external (except default) routes are flooded into stub areas.
>>> Setting this value marks area stub with defined cost of default route.
>>> Default value is no. (Area is not stub.)
>>>
>>> It says the default value is NO, so what does this mean?
>>> For example, if the area is not a stub one, how should I configure the
>>> stub cost value?
>> It should be "stub no" or just ignore it. This is an inaccuracy
>> in the documentation.
>>
>> --
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>> Ondrej 'SanTiago' Zajicek (email: santiago at crfreenet.org)
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