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Chapter 28 OSPF In the OSPF Configuration screen, click Interface to display the OSPF Interface screen. Figure 126 IP Application > OSPF Configuration > OSPF Interface The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 91 IP Application > OSPF Configuration > OSPF Interface LABEL DESCRIPTION Network Select an IP interface. Area ID Select the area ID (that uses the format of an IP address in dotted decimal notation) of an area to associate the interface to that area. Authentication Note: OSPF Interface(s) must use the same authentication method within the same area. Key ID Key Cost Select an authentication method. Choices are Same-as-Area, None (default), Simple and MD5. To participate in an OSPF network, you must set the authentication method and/or password the same as the associated area. Select Same-as-Area to use the same authentication method within the area and set the related fields when necessary. Select None to disable authentication. This is the default setting. Select Simple and set the Key field to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this interface using simple password authentication. Select MD5 and set the Key ID and Key fields to authenticate OSPF packets transmitted through this interface using MD5 authentication. When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, specify the identification number of the authentication you want to use. When you select Simple in the Authentication field, enter a password eightcharacter long. Characters after the eighth character will be ignored. When you select MD5 in the Authentication field, enter a password 16-character long. The interface cost is used for calculating the routing table. Enter a number between 0 and 65535. The default interface cost is 15. ES-4124 User's Guide 243