RE: What does "Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)" mean?

From: Brian Dennis (brian@xxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 23:17:16 GMT-3


   
Not having interfaces or neighbors in an area can make an area inactive.

Sometimes when I don't get enough coffee in the morning I become
inactive myself ;-)

Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP Dial)
bdennis@5g.net
5G Networks, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
steven owen
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 6:30 PM
To: ccielab
Subject: What does "Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)" mean?

when i "show ip ospf",i got the following ,
Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)
        Number of interfaces in this area is 0
        Area has message digest authentication
        SPF algorithm executed 1 times
        Area ranges are
        Number of LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x0
        Number of opaque link LSA 0. Checksum Sum 0x0
        Number of DCbitless LSA 0
        Number of indication LSA 0
        Number of DoNotAge LSA 0
        Flood list length 0

even in another scenario ,one router has an int in
area 0,
i got
Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)
        Number of interfaces in this area is 1

so what does "inactive"mean?

Thanks



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