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As you can see in the routing table; PC11 only knows the devices in his area...is that normal? Shouldn't it also know the devices in the other area?

Here is the output from show ip ospf neighbor

Neighbor ID     Pri   State           Dead Time   Address         Interface
192.168.99.3      1   FULL/DROTHER    00:00:32    192.168.99.3    GigabitEthernet0/0
192.168.99.2      1   FULL/BDR        00:00:32    192.168.99.2    GigabitEthernet0/0
192.168.99.1      1   FULL/DROTHER    00:00:32    192.168.99.1    GigabitEthernet0/0
172.16.99.1       1   FULL/DROTHER    00:00:32    172.16.99.1     GigabitEthernet0/1
172.16.99.2       1   FULL/DROTHER    00:00:32    172.16.99.2     GigabitEthernet0/1
172.16.99.3       1   FULL/BDR        00:00:32    172.16.99.3     GigabitEthernet0/1

And here is the output from show ip ospf database

            OSPF Router with ID (192.168.99.4) (Process ID 1)

                Router Link States (Area 0)

Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum Link count
192.168.99.4    192.168.99.4    12          0x80000002 0x000ad9 1

                Summary Net Link States (Area 0)
Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum
172.16.99.0     192.168.99.4    3           0x80000001 0x00ec80

                Router Link States (Area 2)

Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum Link count
192.168.99.4    192.168.99.4    12          0x80000001 0x00bad6 1

                Summary Net Link States (Area 2)
Link ID         ADV Router      Age         Seq#       Checksum
192.168.99.0    192.168.99.4    8           0x80000001 0x00c0ff

R1 : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 192.168.99.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 ! ip classless

R2 : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 192.168.99.2 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0 network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 ! ip classless

R3 : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 192.168.99.3 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 ! ip classless

ABR : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 192.168.99.4 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 172.16.99.4 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R11 : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 172.16.99.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0 network 172.16.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R12 : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 172.16.2.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 172.16.99.2 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0 network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R13 : interface GigabitEthernet0/0 ip address 172.16.3.1 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 172.16.99.3 255.255.255.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface Vlan1 no ip address shutdown ! router ospf 1 log-adjacency-changes passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0 network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2 network 172.16.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R1 :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.99.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
ip classless

R2 :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.99.2 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
ip classless

R3 :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.99.3 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 192.168.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
!
ip classless

ABR :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.99.4 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 172.16.99.4 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 network 192.168.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R11 :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
ip address 172.16.99.1 255.255.255.0
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
shutdown
!
router ospf 1
log-adjacency-changes
passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0
network 172.16.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
network 172.16.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R12 :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 172.16.2.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 172.16.99.2 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
 network 172.16.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
 network 172.16.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 2

R13 :

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 172.16.3.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 172.16.99.3 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface Vlan1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router ospf 1
 log-adjacency-changes
 passive-interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 network 172.16.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
 network 172.16.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
 network 172.16.99.0 0.0.0.255 area 2
 network 172.16.3.0 0.0.0.255 area 2