CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching Study Guide (Exams 200-120, ICND1, & ICND2), with Boson NetSim Limited Edition, 5th Edition

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OSPF Routing

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

19.01    OSPF Overview

19.02    OSPF Operation

19.03    OSPF Configuration

19.04    OSPF Troubleshooting

      Two-Minute Drill

Q&A     Self Test

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is a link state protocol that handles routing for IP traffic. Version 2 of OSPF, which is explained in RFC 2328, is an open standard, such as Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1 and RIPv2. Chapter 14 offered a brief introduction to link state protocols. As you will see in this chapter, OSPF draws heavily on the concepts ...