Chapter 3. Advanced Router Configuration II

Chapter Outline

Introduction

3-1 Configuring Link State Protocols—OSPF

3-2 Configuring Link State Protocols—IS-IS

3-3 Configuring Hybrid Routing Protocols—EIGRP

3-4 Advanced Routing Redistribution

3-5 Analyzing OSPF “Hello” Packets

Summary

Questions and Problems

Objectives

• Be able to configure a basic setup for OSPF, ISIS, and EIGRP routing protocols

• Be able to configure load balancing and redundancy

• Be able to configure route redistribution

• Understand the relative amount of traffic generated by each protocol

• Describe the purpose of the “Hello” packet

Key Terms

OSPF

IETF

Link State Advertisements

link state protocol

Hello packets

areas

backbone

Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM)

route flapping ...

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