Chapter 8. OSPF

This chapter covers the following subjects:

OSPF Fundamentals: This section provides an overview of communication between OSPF routers.

OSPF Configuration: This section describes the OSPF configuration techniques and commands that can be executed to verify the exchange of routes.

Default Route Advertisement: This section explains how default routes are advertised in OSPF.

Common OSPF Optimizations: This section reviews common OSPF settings for optimizing the operation of the protocol.

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is the first link-state routing protocol covered in this book. OSPF is a nonproprietary Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) that overcomes the deficiencies of other distance vector routing protocols and distributes ...

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