December 2024
Beginner to intermediate
512 pages
13h 50m
English
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.
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 IOS Software chooses OSPF routes over RIP routes because ...
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