OSPF: A Network Routing Protocol

1. Front Matter

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2. Six Degrees of Separation

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3. A LinkedIn User’s Professional Circles

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4. Router Physiology 101

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5. The OSI Model—Division of Labor

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6. The OSI Model—A Closer Look

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7. Network Addresses

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8. The Magnificent Internet Protocol

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9. A Router’s Got to Learn Its Routing Table …

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10. “Hello” Greetings from a Router

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11. Hello Again, Neighbor!

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12. The Master Table

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13. An Organizational Network

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14. The Secret of Routing Powers

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15. The Enterprise Network—Recognizing the Neighbors

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16. Splitting the Autonomous System into Areas

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17. Link State Advertisements

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18. The Enterprise Network–Neighborhood Activity

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19. OSPF Messages

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20. An Enterprise Network — Convergence of Data

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Learn how routers network using the OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) protocol and unpick Dijkstra’s Network Algorithm to see how OSPF performs the calculations to determine the shortest or most appropriate path between two routers. OSPF: A Network Routing Protocol dives deep into the OSPF protocol without sacrificing simplicity in language. All of this is done with running examples and illustrations to clarify concepts and enhance the enjoyment of networking.

OSPF: A Network Routing Protocol is an absorbing, comprehensible account of OSPF, including the algorithm which is used for calculating its routes. While OSPF has traditionally been an organizational networking protocol, in these exciting times of Software Defined Networking (SDN), it has assumed an important role in the consolidated data center too. Now that the traditional distinctions between server and network roles are getting blurred, everyone in the data center needs to become familiar with networking and networking protocols! 

• Router
• OSI Model
• Network Address
• Internet Protocol
• Enterprise Network
• OSPF
• Dijkstra’s Algorithm

                                        

Tadimety Phani Raj  is an Information Security evangelist with considerable experience in networking. He has a total of 14 years of experience in the IT Industry. His last assignment was at IBM, Bangalore, where he provided functional guidance to WW Global Delivery Centers with regard to IT security, privacy, and compliance.