Total Time: 2 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course examines the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol. It explains OSPF in comparison to the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), and covers discovery, selection, route maintenance, and point-to-point operation. The two formal modes of running OSPF over an NBMA topology are discussed, and OSPF configuration and verification are explained in detail.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Understand the differences between OSPF and RIP
Explain how the Hello protocol works
Describe the eight possible states that an OSPF router can go through during the initialization process
Use IP unnumbered and loopback addressing
Configure and verify different OSPF operations for a single area

Topics: 
The OSPF Protocol
OSPF Versus RIP in a Large Internetwork
OSPF Discovery, Selection, and Route Maintenance
OSPF Point-to-Point Operation
OSPF Broadcast Multi-Access Operation
The OSPF Routing Process Revisited
NBMA Mode
Point-to-Multipoint Modes
OSPF Configuration and Verification
OSPF in NBMA Mode Configuration

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.