Dynamic Routing and OSPF
Table of Contents
Dynamic Routing and OSPF
Static and Dynamic Routing
Desirable Characteristics
Convergence - Why do I care?
Other Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs)
Why not use RIP?
OSPF
Shortest Path First
Link State Algorithm
Note: Routing is not the same as Forwarding
Routing and Forwarding
OSPF: How it works (1)
How it works (2)
How it works (3)
How it works (4)
How it works (5)
HELLO
The HELLO packet
Neighbors
Who is adjacent?
Broadcast neighbors
Broadcast medium
LSAs propagate along adjacencies
Other nice features of OSPF
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