OSPF Packets and Neighbor Discovery

[lagapidis (Lazarus Agapidis)]

Hello Nihar

Take a look at this post:

Redistribution in ospf

Hello Manish OSPF, as a link-state protocol, enables each router to have a complete map of the network. This helps in preventing most routing loops. Secondly, as OSPF networks get larger, they are separated into distinct areas. These areas are all obligated to connect to area 0, thus creating a loop-free inter-area topology where traffic from one area to another must go through area 0. This whole design of OSPF helps to alleviate the possibility of having routing loops. There is no “loop a…

I hope this has been helpful!

Laz