Day 14. OSPF Operation

CCNA 200-301 Exam Topics

  • Determine how a router makes a forwarding decision by default

  • Configure and verify single-area OSPFv2

Key Topics

Today we review the basic operation of OSPF. OSPFv2 is used for IPv4 routing, and OSPFv3 is used for IPv6 routing. Although the two versions share the same basic operation principles, we also review how they differ. Tomorrow, we will review single-area OSPFv2 configuration.

Single-Area OSPF Operation

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) chose OSPF over Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) as its recommended interior gateway protocol (IGP). In 1998, the OSPFv2 specification was updated in RFC 2328, “OSPF Version 2” (see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2328). Cisco ...

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