Ospf Packet Formats - D-Link xStack DES-3800 Series User Manual

Adjacencies on Point-to-Point Interfaces
OSPF Routers that are linked using point-to-point interfaces (such as serial links) will always form adjacencies. The concepts of
DR and BDR are unnecessary.

OSPF Packet Formats

All OSPF packet types begin with a standard 24-byte header and there are five packet types. The header is described first, and
each packet type is described in a subsequent section.
All OSPF packets (except for Hello packets) forward link-state advertisements. Link-State Update packets, for example, flood
advertisements throughout the OSPF routing domain.
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OSPF packet header
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Hello packet
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Database Description packet
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Link-State Request packet
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Link-State Update packet
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Link-State Acknowledgment packet
OSPF Packet Header
Every OSPF packet is preceded by a common 24-byte header. This header contains the information necessary for a receiving
router to determine if the packet should be accepted for further processing.
The format of the OSPP packet header is shown below:
Field
Version No.
Type
Packet Length
Router ID
Area ID
Checksum
Authentication Type
Authentication
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OSPF Packet Header
Type
Version No.
Checksum
Figure 8- 19. OSPF Packet Header Format
Description
The OSPF version number
The OSPF packet type. The OSPF packet types are as follows: 1 means
Hello packet, 2 means Database Description packet, 3 means Link State
Request packet, 4 means Link State Update packet, 5 means Link State
Acknowledgement packet.
The length of the packet in bytes. This length includes the 24-byte header.
The Router ID of the packet's source.
A 32-bit number identifying the area that this packet belongs to. All OSPF
packets are associated with a single area. Packets traversing a virtual link
are assigned the backbone Area ID of 0.0.0.0
A standard IP checksum that includes all of the packet's contents except for
the 64-bit authentication field.
The type of authentication to be used for the packet.
A 64-bit field used by the authentication scheme.
Packet Length
Router ID
Area ID
Authentication Type
Authentication
Authentication
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