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Understanding OSPF Routing Protocols and Concepts

Dive into the fundamentals of OSPF routing protocol, including its history, message encapsulation, packet types, link-state updates, and authentication. Learn about OSPF algorithm, administrative distance, and network configuration. Discover how to verify and troubleshoot OSPF through various commands.

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Understanding OSPF Routing Protocols and Concepts

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  1. Routing Protocols and Concepts OSPF Chapter 11 Modified by Pete Brierley

  2. What will we Learn from chapter 11?

  3. Background of OSPF • Began in 1987 • 1989 OSPFv1 released in RFC 1131 This version was experimental & never deployed • 1991 OSPFv2 released in RFC 1247 • 1998 OSPFv2 updated in RFC 2328 • 1999 OSPFv3 published in RFC 2740

  4. OSPF Message Encapsulation • Data link frame header • Contains - Source MAC address • Destination MAC address • IP packet header Contains - Source IP address, Destination IP address, & Protocol field set to 89 • OSPF packet header • Contains - Router ID and area ID, & • Type code for OSPF packet type • OSPF packet type - One of 5 types

  5. OSPF Packet Types Acknowledgment receipt

  6. Purpose of the OSPF Hello Packet • Discover OSPF neighbors & establish adjacency • Advertise guidelines on which routers must agree to become neighbors • Used by multi-access networks to elect a designated router and a backup designated router • DR • BDR

  7. OSPF • Hello Packets • Contents of a Hello type Packet • router ID of transmitting router • OSPF Hello Intervals • Usually multicast (224.0.0.5) • Sent every 30 seconds for NBMA segments • OSPF Dead Intervals • This is the time that must transpire before the neighbor is considered down • Default time is 4 times the “hello” interval

  8. OSPF • Hello protocol packets contain information that is used in electing • -Designated Router (DR) • This router is responsible for updating all other OSPF routers • -Backup Designated Router (BDR) • This router takes over DR’s responsibilities if DR fails

  9. OSPF Link-state Updates • Purpose of a Link State Update (LSU) - • Used to deliver link state advertisements • Purpose of a Link State Advertisement (LSA) - • Contains information about neighbors & path costs

  10. OSPF Algorithm • OSPF routers build & maintain a link-state database containing LSAs received from other routers • Information found in the database is utilized upon execution of Dijkstra SPF algorithm • SPF algorithm used to create SPF tree • SPF tree used to populate routing table

  11. Administrative Distance

  12. OSPF Authentication • Purpose is to encrypt & authenticate routing information • This is an interface specific configuration • Routers will only accept routing information from other routers that have been configured with the same password or authentication information

  13. Topology used in this chapter • Discontiguous IP addressing scheme • Since OSPF is a classless routing protocol the subnet mask is configured in each router

  14. The router OSPF command • To enable OSPF on a router use the following command • R1(config)#router ospf process-id • Where the Process id • Is a locally significant number between 1 and 65535

  15. OSPF network command • Requires: • network address • wildcard – NOT a subnet mask • area-id - refers to the OSPF area. • The OSPF area is a group of routers sharing link state information • Router(config-router)#networknetwork-address wildcard-ask areaarea-id

  16. Basic OSPF Configuration • Router ID • This is an IP address used to identify a router • Three criteria for deriving the router ID:[in order of selection] • Router-id IP address • Loopback IP address • Highest IP address on any active interface

  17. Commands used to verify current router ID • Show ip protocols • Show ip ospf • Show ip ospf interface

  18. Commands used to verify current router ID

  19. Commands used to verify current router ID • Show ip protocols • Show ip ospf • Show ip ospf interface

  20. Commands used to verify current router ID

  21. OSPF Router ID • Router ID & Loopback addresses • -Highest loopback address will be used as router ID if router-id command isn’t used • -Advantage of using loopback address • the loopback interface cannot fail  OSPF stability • The OSPF router-id command • Introduced in IOS 12.0 • Command syntax • Router(config)#router ospfprocess-id • Router(config-router)#router-idip-address • Modifying the Router ID • Use the commandRouter#clear ipospf process

  22. Verifying OSPF • Use the show ip ospf command to verify & trouble shoot OSPF networks • Command will display the following: • Neighbor adjacency • -No adjacency indicated if: • Neighboring router’s Router ID is not displayed • A state of full is not displayed • -Consequence of no adjacency: • No link state information exchanged • Inaccurate SPF trees & routing tables result

  23. Verifying OSPF - Additional Commands

  24. Examining the routing table • Use the show ip route command to display the routing table • NOTE - OSPF does not automatically summarize at major network boundaries

  25. OSPF Metric • OSPF uses cost as the metric for determining the best route • -The best route will have the lowest cost • -Costis based on bandwidth of an interface • Cost is calculated using the formula - 108 / bandwidth • -Reference bandwidth • defaults to 100Mbps • can be modified using the auto-cost reference-bandwidth command

  26. OSPF Metric • Usually the actual speed of a link is differentthan the default bandwidth • This makes it imperative that the bandwidth value reflects the link’s actual speed • Reason: • so routing table has best path information • The show interfacecommand will display the interface’s bandwidth • -Most serial link default to 1.544Mbps = T1

  27. Modifying the Cost of a link • Both sides of a serial link should be configured with the same bandwidth • Two commands used to modify bandwidth: • Bandwidth command • Example: • R1(config-if)#bandwidth bandwidth-kbps • ip ospf cost command – allows you to directly specify interface cost • -Example: R1(config)#interface serial 0/0/0 • R1(config-if)#ip ospf cost 1562

  28. Changing Bandwidth

  29. Changing Cost

  30. Modifying the Cost of the link • Difference between bandwidth command & the IP OSPF cost command • Bandwidth • Link cost is calculated • IP OSPF cost • Sets cost to a specific value

  31. Challenges in Multi-access Networks OSPF defines five network types: • Point-to-point • Broadcast Multi-access • Non-broadcast Multi-access (NBMA) • Point-to-multipoint • Virtual links

  32. Two challenges presented by multi-access networks • Multiple adjacencies • Extensive LSA flooding

  33. OSPF in Multiaccess Networks • Extensive flooding of LSAs • For every LSA sent out there must be an acknowledgement of receipt sent back to transmitting router. • consequence: lots of bandwidth consumed and chaotic traffic

  34. OSPF in Multiaccess Networks • Solution to LSA flooding issue is the use of • Designated router (DR) • Backup designated router (BDR) • DR & BDR selection • Routers are elected to send & receive LSA • Sending & Receiving LSA • DRothers send LSAs via multicastaddress224.0.0.6to DR & BDR • DR forward LSA via multicast address 224.0.0.5to all other routers

  35. OSPF in Multiaccess Networks

  36. DR/BDR Election Process • DR/BDR elections DO NOToccur in point to point networks

  37. OSPF in Multiaccess Networks • DR/BDR elections will take place on multiaccess networksas shown below

  38. OSPF in Multi-access Networks • Criteria for getting elected DR/BDR • DR: Router with the highest OSPF interface priority. • BDR: Router with the second highest OSPF interface priority. • If OSPF interface priorities are equal, then the • Highest router ID is used to break the tie.

  39. OSPF in Multi-access Networks

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