by Maher Haddad | Nov 27, 2024 | MikroTik OSPF
In this lecture, I will explain the concept of Bi-Directional Forwarding Detection (BFD), its role in OSPF, and how it improves failover scenarios. BFD is not a part of OSPF and is not a routing protocol, but it works alongside OSPF to accelerate failover...
by Maher Haddad | Nov 27, 2024 | MikroTik OSPF
Layer 3 hardware offloading is an advanced feature introduced in MikroTik RouterOS v7, enabling faster processing of routing tasks by bypassing the CPU and utilizing the switch chip on supported devices. This is particularly useful for reducing CPU load in...
by Maher Haddad | Nov 27, 2024 | MikroTik OSPF
This lab demonstrates how to configure and verify OSPF stub area types on MikroTik RouterOS v7. Below is the topology we’ll use for the configuration: OSPF Network Scenario: Lab Overview We will configure the following OSPF stub area types: Stub Area: Restrict...
by Maher Haddad | Nov 27, 2024 | MikroTik OSPF
In this lesson, we’ll take a deep dive into OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) stub areas. These are a critical feature in OSPF that help optimize network performance by reducing the routing information shared within certain areas. By understanding and properly...
by Maher Haddad | Nov 16, 2024 | MikroTik OSPF
In this lesson, I have to speak about the different types of LSAs. Remember when we started this course, we said that they exchange LSAs with each other to build up the link-state database and so forth. Now, there are different types of LSAs that we have to know...
by Maher Haddad | Nov 16, 2024 | MikroTik OSPF
In this post, I’ll discuss OSPF Passive Interface—an important feature in OSPF routing. We’ll cover its purpose, when to use it, and how to configure it on MikroTik RouterOS. A passive interface allows advertising a connected network into OSPF without sending...
