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Illustration of OSPF packet flow between routers, highlighting Hello, DBD, LSR, LSU, and LSAck packets in an enterprise network topology.
CCNA August 31, 2019

Master OSPF Packets Type: Essential Knowledge for Cisco Certification (Updated 2025)

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a powerful link-state routing protocol widely used in enterprise networks and a key topic for CCNA and CCNP certifications. OSPF relies on five distinct packet types to establish neighbor adjacencies, exchange routing information, and maintain a consistent Link-State Database (LSDB) across routers in an area. Understanding these OSPF packets—Hello, […]
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Illustrated diagram of link-state routing protocol steps showing routers in discovery, hello protocol, LSP building, and flooding phases.
CCNA August 30, 2019

Link-State Routing Protocol

Link-state routing protocols are also known as shortest-path first protocols. They maintain a complete picture of all the routers running a link-state routing protocol in the complete network. All routers running a link-state routing protocol originate information about themselves and their directly connected routers, links, and the state of those links as multicast messages. The […]
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