OSPF Configuration Essentials

This book has been written for the beginners, CCNA and CCNP candidates and the network engineers who need to design and configure OSPF networks ranging from mid-size to large corportate networks. This book does not expect you to have any prior knowledge of OSPF.

Though building an OSPF network is quite straight forward, and requires only a handful of commands, you need to have thorough understanding of the types of OSPF networks, and the LSA types becasue the secrets of OPSF lies in the its LSA( link state advertisments). Apart from network types and LSA, you need to have strong understanding of route summerization, route optimization, metric controls( path controls), and routes re-distribution, which are crucial factors for running OPSF successfully in a live network. This book will explain you the followings with sample configuration and illustrated diagrams:

1.OSPF operation principles.
2.OSPF LSA types.
3.OSPF network types( stubby, totally stubby, NSSA etc.)
4.Route sommerization.
5.Route distribution between OSPF and different proptopcols.
6.OSPF virtual links and OSPv3( OSPF for IPv6).
7.OSPF over frame realy.
8.Anatomy of OSPF useful OSPF database command.
9.OSPF configuration examples( single area, multi-area, IPV6, stub areas, NSSA, totally stubby area, virtual links, frame relay, route summerizaton, route redistribution, OSPF default route , OSPF packet authentication).

Note: you can run all the configuration examples in gns3.
Please do not hesitate to review this book if you find it helpful and you are welcome to contact me for further clarification of any concept using contact address provided with this book.