Create an OSPF area

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To create an OSPF area

Open Routing and Remote Access.
In the console tree, click OSPF.

Where?
- Routing and Remote Access/server name/IP Routing/OSPF
Right-click OSPF, and then click Properties.
On the Areas tab, click Add.
On the General tab, in Area ID, type the dotted decimal number that identifies the area.
To use a plaintext password, verify that the Enable plaintext password check box is selected.
To mark the area as a stub, select the Stub area check box.
In Stub metric, click the arrows to set the stub metric.
To import routes of other areas into the stub area, select the Import summary advertisements check box.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group. As a security best practice, consider using the Run As command rather than logging on with administrative credentials. If you have logged on with administrative credentials, you can also open Routing and Remote Access by clicking Start, clicking Control Panel, double-clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Routing and Remote Access. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
This feature is not available on the Itanium-based versions of the Windows operating systems.
This content is not available in this preliminary release.
You cannot configure the backbone area (area ID 0.0.0.0) as a stub area, and you cannot configure virtual links through stub areas.

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