Review Questions
| 1: | What lower layer protocol are IS-IS packets encapsulated into? |
| 2: | Explain why routing protocols send their update and hello packets to multicast addresses, rather than to broadcast addresses. Does it impact network performance in any way? |
| 3: | Explain why type-length-values (TLVs) are used in most routing protocols? |
| 4: | What does setting the maximum area addresses to 0 within the common packet header represent? |
| 5: | Why is the hello interval not included in IS-IS hello packets? |
| 6: | Do the hello and hold timers need to match between all the intermediate systems attached to a link? |
| 7: | What does an intermediate system indicate by setting the overload bit in its link state packet? |
| 8: | Explain how the overload indicator can be used when IS-IS is interacting ... |
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