April 2003
Intermediate to advanced
768 pages
20h
English
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Summary
This chapter discussed a troubleshooting methodology that can be used to facilitate the isolation and resolution of OSPF-related network issues. This methodology, according to Cisco Systems, was divided into seven recommended steps.
The importance of logging and how to configure general router logging as well as OSPFspecific logging was covered. At the same time, you learned about date and time stamping of log entries and how to give these entries sequence numbers. This is not only another method of keeping track of their order but also a way of increasing the security of your OSPF network.
A variety of excellent commands are available to assist you in verifying and troubleshooting the operation of your OSPF network.
A number of OSPF ...