by Maher Haddad | Jun 12, 2022 | Huawei OSPF
You may have cases where you will be running another routing protocol in your network together with OSPF. Or maybe your company is using OSPF and it has lately bought another company which has RIP routing protocol running on it, and those 2 networks need to be merged...
by Maher Haddad | Jun 12, 2022 | Huawei OSPF
Now we understand the theory, let’s open the LAB of the last chapter and check the different types of LSA that we have in the LSDB’s. As you know, OSPF is already configured on all the routers. Let’s check which router is the DR in area 0. I will check on R3 because...
by Maher Haddad | Jun 12, 2022 | Huawei OSPF
In OSPF there are different LSA types. That’s something we have seen in the last chapter (chapter 8) when we looked inside the OSPF Link State database table (LSDB). I am sure that you remember I told you that I will discuss about the LSA types in this chapter so now...
by Maher Haddad | Jun 12, 2022 | Huawei OSPF
In chapter 2, I have explained why you need to have multiple areas in OSPF. To remind you, multiple areas are needed whenever you have an OSPF network of more than 80 routers, then you can create a new area and put the additional routers in that area. Of course, you...
by Maher Haddad | Jun 12, 2022 | Huawei OSPF
I have already put the IP addresses and configured the OSPF between all routers, and they are forming neighborship. Let’s enable DHCP client on R2 on the interface G0/0/1 and check if R2 has internet service working on it. First we need to enable the DHCP process on...
by Maher Haddad | Jun 12, 2022 | Huawei OSPF
Once working with OSPF, you will have a case that one of the routers is connected to the internet – so that’s the ASBR. We will need that all our routers, in our OSPF network in area 0 and any other area, to be able to go to the internet. For this, we need to inform...
