Cisco Related Series by MindLeaders BSCI 642-801 Series: Implementing OSPF in a Single Area
Product Code: bsci03 Time: 3.0 hour(s) CEUs: Available

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.

Objectives:

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:
200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 800 x 600 minimum screen resolution. Windows 98, NT, 2000, or XP. 56K minimum connection speed, broadband (256 kbps or greater) connection recommended. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. Flash Player 7.0 or higher required. JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape, Firefox and AOL browsers not supported.

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