Features.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 2: Introduction......................................................................................................
Routing protocols...................................................................................................................................... 11
IP addresses............................................................................................................................................. 12
Subnet addressing........................................................................................................................... 13
VLANs and routing.................................................................................................................................... 16
Brouter ports..................................................................................................................................... 17
Spanning Tree and VLANs............................................................................................................... 17
Static routes.............................................................................................................................................. 19
Black hole static routes............................................................................................................................. 19
Equal Cost Multipath........................................................................................................................ 20
Route policies................................................................................................................................... 22
Port routing control........................................................................................................................... 26
Reverse path checking..................................................................................................................... 26
Multihoming...................................................................................................................................... 28
Circuitless IP............................................................................................................................................. 28
Routing Information Protocol..................................................................................................................... 31
RIP and route redistribution.............................................................................................................. 32
Open Shortest Path First........................................................................................................................... 33
OSPF overview................................................................................................................................ 34
Dijkstras algorithm............................................................................................................................ 35
OSPF neighbors............................................................................................................................... 40
Router types..................................................................................................................................... 41
OSPF interfaces............................................................................................................................... 42
OSPF and IP.................................................................................................................................... 47
OSPF packets.................................................................................................................................. 48
ASE routes....................................................................................................................................... 49
OSPF virtual links............................................................................................................................. 49
OSPF ASBRs................................................................................................................................... 50
OSPF metrics................................................................................................................................... 52
OSPF security mechanisms............................................................................................................. 52
Configuration - OSPF and RIP
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