Review Questions

1.What messages (by name and type number) does OSPF use for database synchronization?
2.What is the purpose of the I and M flags in the OSPF Database Description message?
3.In what OSPF entities is the Options field found?
4.What does the E bit of the OSPF Options field signify?
5.What is the purpose of the OSPF neighbor data structure? What information is stored there?
6.What is the purpose of the OSPF Link State Transmission list?
7.What is the purpose of the Link State Request list?
8.Before a database exchange, how does OSPF determine the Master and the Slave?
9.What functions does the Master control during the database exchange?
10.What are the eight OSPF neighbor states, and what does each indicate?
11.On a broadcast link, what ...

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