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Internal router
—All interfaces on an internal router belong to one OSPF area.
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ABR
—Belongs to more than two areas, one of which must be the backbone area. ABR connects the
backbone area to a non-backbone area. An ABR and the backbone area can be connected
through a physical or logical link.
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Backbone router
—At least one interface of a backbone router must reside in the backbone area.
All ABRs and internal routers in Area 0 are backbone routers.
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ASBR
—Exchanges routing information with another AS is an ASBR. An ASBR might not reside on
the border of the AS. It can be an internal router or an ABR.
Figure 19
OSPF router types
Route types
OSPF prioritizes routes into the following route levels:
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Intra-area route
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Inter-area route
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Type-1 external route
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Type-2 external route
The intra-area and inter-area routes describe the network topology of the AS. The external routes describe
routes to external ASs.
A Type-1 external route has high credibility. The cost of a Type-1 external route = the cost from the router
to the corresponding ASBR + the cost from the ASBR to the destination of the external route.
A Type-2 external route has low credibility. OSPF considers the cost from the ASBR to the destination of
a Type-2 external route is much greater than the cost from the ASBR to an OSPF internal router. The cost
of a Type-2 external route = the cost from the ASBR to the destination of the Type-2 external route. If two
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Backbone router
ASBR
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Internal router
ABR
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