Designated Router

• All routers are adjacent to the DR

  • All routers are adjacent to the BDR also

• All routers exchange routing information with DR

  • All routers exchange routing information with the BDR

• DR updates the database of all its neighbours

  • BDR updates the database of all its neighbours

• This scales! 2n problem rather than having an n-squared problem.

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