Tag Archives: RIP

OSPF Part I

Overview Welcome to the world of OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) routing. This protocol was developed to replace RIP and it is a classless Link State routing protocol that uses areas so as to scale better. This chapter is divided into four parts since it is too broad. The concepts we will learn will be […]

Dynamic routing protocols

Overview In the previous chapter, we looked at static routing. We saw how the router finds the best path to a network. We configured static routes and traffic was able to flow between two points. In this chapter, we will give an overview of dynamic routing protocols. We will define them and learn how they […]