In any IGP there are a lot of timers involved in running the protocol. This post will not describe the hello and dead timers, these are well known. This post describes the less known timers that control how often packets
OSPF lab notes
This post is based on notes from my practicing OSPF vol1 labs. I want to have them saved for later reference but I also think that this post can help others and clear some of the confusions of OSPF. Lets
OSPF – Open Shortest Path First (notes)
Defined in RFC 2328 Supports VLSM and CIDR Is a link state protocol Uses a link state database (LSDB) for topology information, identical within area Reliable flooding of LSAs Uses hello protocol to build adjacencies Runs directly over IP,
100 hours reached
So I hit a milestone this week, I’ve done about 100 hours of study so far which means I’m at perhaps 10% of the time needed to get the IE. Work has been really busy but trying to get a