Volume 1 - Chapter 21: Understanding OSPF Concepts Flashcards
What are the 3 ways that routers can learn/add routes to their routing table?
Static routes, connected routes, dynamic routes
Describe the difference between a routing protocol and a routed/routable protocol?
A routing protocol is an algorithm/program used for devices to learn and exchange routes.
A routed/routable protocol refers to a protocol that defines packets that can be forwarded (routed) - E.I IPv4 and IPv6
When a router learns of 2 routes to the same destination, the route that is chosen is the route with the lowest ___.
Metric
Describe an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP).
A routing protocol designed for use within a single autonomous system (AS).
Describe an Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP).
A routing protocol designed for use between different autonomous systems (AS).
What routing protocol is an example of an EGP?
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the only currently used exterior gateway protocol.
A network under the administrative control of a single organization is referred to as ___.
An Autonomous System (AS).
What organization is responsible for assigning ASNs? (Autonomous System Numbers)
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
What are the 3 branches of routing protocol algorithms that exist for IGP routing protocols?
Distance Vector
Advanced Distance Vector
Link-State
A distance vector protocol is sometimes also referred to as ___?
Bellman-Ford algorithm
An advanced distance vector protocol is sometimes also referred to as ___?
Balanced Hybrid algorithm
What are the main problems caused by using distance vector IGPs?
Slow convergence and the potential for creating routing loops.
The following are examples of?
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- IGRP (Interior Gateway Routing Protocol)
Distance Vector protocols.
The following are examples of?
- OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)
- IS-IS (Intermediate System to Intermediate System)
Link-State protocols.
What is the main downside of using link-state protocols over distance vector?
Additional CPU and memory resources being required.
EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol) is an example of?
An Advanced Distance Vector IGP/
What metric is used by RIPv2?
Hop count:
The number of routers (hops) between a router and the destination subnet/
What metric is used by OSPF?
Cost:
The sum of all interface cost settings for all links in a route.
What metric is used by EIGRP?
Bandwidth and delay calculation:
Calculated based on the slowest link and cumulative delay with each interface in the route.
Which dynamic routing protocols are Cisco proprietary?
IGRP and EIGRP.
Which older protocols do not support the use of VLSM and route summarization?
RIPv1 and IGRP.
What IGPs use broadcast messages to send and receive routing updates?
RIPv1 and IGRP.
What IGPs use multicast messages to send and receive routing updates?
RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF.
OSPF exchanges data about the network in data structures called ___.
Link-State Advertisements (LSAs).
The collection of LSA objects is referred to as?
The Link-State Database (LSDB).
Routes do not reflood LSAs until what occurs?
Information changes or a network change occurs.
Or when the LSA aging timer expires.
What is the default time for the LSA aging timer?
30 minutes.
What algorithm do all link-state protocols use to process information in the LSDB?
The Dijkstra Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm.