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OSPF Cheat Sheet

Link state routing protocol OSPF uses link state advertisements (LSAs) to share routing information between routers. There are 5 main LSA types: Type 1 shares links and costs within an area, Type 2 lists attached routers within an area, Type 3 and 4 advertise routes between areas, and Type 5 advertises external routes throughout the autonomous system. OSPF establishes neighbor relationships using Hello packets and maintains the link state database using Link State Updates and Acknowledgements.

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OSPF Cheat Sheet

Link state routing protocol OSPF uses link state advertisements (LSAs) to share routing information between routers. There are 5 main LSA types: Type 1 shares links and costs within an area, Type 2 lists attached routers within an area, Type 3 and 4 advertise routes between areas, and Type 5 advertises external routes throughout the autonomous system. OSPF establishes neighbor relationships using Hello packets and maintains the link state database using Link State Updates and Acknowledgements.

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Packet Types Basic Configuration Link State Advertisements (LSA) Types

Key Features
commands
Hello Discover and maintain neighbors
Router ospf <process id> Type 1 (Router • list all router’s links / interfaces + cost
Link State Routing Protocol Database Description
Summary of database LSA) • flooded only within the area
(DD) Network <network > <Wildcard
Dijkstra Algorithm
Link State Request mask> area <area id> • produced by the DR
Database download Type 2 (Network
Multicast Address for OSPF (LSR)
area area-id virtual-link router-id • list all attached routers
LSA)
communication – • flooded only within area
Link State Update
• 224.0.0.5 to all OSPF routers Database upload area area-id range ip-address
(LSU)
• 224.0.0.6 to DR and BDR mask Type 3 • originated by ABRs
Link State Ack (LSAck) Flooding acknowledgment (Summary LSA) • Advertised among areas
Administrative Distance = 110 router-id ip-address

VLSM support and CIDR support Adjacency States • originated by ABRs


area area-id stub [no-summary] Type 4 (ASBR-
• Used to advertise the presence of an ASBR
Down ExStart: established M/S relation Summary LSA )
Plaintext and MD5 Authentication within an area
Status & Troubleshooting
Protocol no 89 Attempt (only NBMA) Exchange: sends DD
show ip [route | protocols] • Originated by an ASBR
Type 5 (External
Cost as metric • flooded throughout the AS to advertise a
Init: hello has been LSA )
show ip ospf interface route external to OSPF
seen Loading: sends link state request
Metric
show ip ospf neighbor • originated by ASBRs within not-so-stubby
Type 7 (NSSA areas (NSSAs)
Cost = 2-way: has seen its External LSA) • flooded only within the not-so-stubby area in
10^8 (bps)/link Bandwidth Full: full adjacent debug ip ospf
own ID which it was originated

Router Types Network Types


Area Type LSA 1 &2 LSA 3 & 4 LSA 5 LSA 7
Neighbor Hello / Dead DR/BDR
Area border router (ABR) Connects 2 or more areas Network Type
Discovery Interval Election Backbone Yes Yes Yes No
Broadcast Yes 10/40 Yes
Autonomous system boundary Non-Backbone Yes Yes Yes No
Connects 2 or more AS
router (ASBR) Non-Broadcast No 30/120 Yes
Stub Yes Yes No No
Point-to-Point Yes 10/40 No
Internal router (IR) All interfaces are in the same area
Point-to-Multipoint Yes 30/120 No Totally Stub Yes No No No

Point-to-Multipoint
Backbone router (BR) Atleast 1 interface in the area 0 No 30/120 No Not-so-Stubby Yes Yes No Yes
Non-Broadcast

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