Dynamic Routing - OSPF

Mikrotik Basic
March 2011

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

OSPF is Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and distributes routing information only between routers belonging to the same Autonomous System (AS) OSPF is based on link-state technology that has several advantages over distance-vector protocols such as RIP

OSPF Advantages
No hop count limitations Multicast addressing is used to send routing information updates Updates are sent only when network topology changes occur Logical definition of networks where routers are divided into areas Transfers and tags external routes injected into AS

OSPF Disadvantages
OSPF is quite CPU and memory intensive due to SPF algorithm and maintenance of multiple copies of routing information More complex protocol to implement compared to RIP

OSPF Operation
OSPF is a link-state protocol. Interface of the router is considered an OSPF link and state of all the links are stored in link-state database. There are several steps before OSPF network becomes fully functional: Neighbor discovery Database Synchronization Routing calculation

Lab-01

Menu Routing OSPF

Instances Default

Add Networks

Check Interfaces

Check Route List

Test Ping