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Table of Contents
1 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 3 2 Implementation ............................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Introduction to OSPFv2 ....................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 OSPF Basic Concepts .............................................................................................. 3 2.1.2 OSPF Route Calculation ........................................................................................... 5 2.2 Common Aspects of OSPFv3 and OSPFv2 ........................................................................ 6 2.3 Differences between OSPFv3 and OSPFv2........................................................................ 6 2.3.1 Protocol Running Per-Link ........................................................................................ 7 2.3.2 Use of Link-Local Addresses .................................................................................... 7 2.3.3 Support for Multiple Instances Per Link .................................................................... 7 2.3.4 Identifying Neighbors by Router ID ........................................................................... 8 2.3.5 Authentication Changes ............................................................................................ 8 2.3.6 Stub Area Support..................................................................................................... 9 2.3.7 OSPFv3 Packet Formats .......................................................................................... 9 2.3.8 Options Field ............................................................................................................. 9 2.3.9 LSA Types............................................................................................................... 10 2.3.10 Expansion of LSA Flooding Scope........................................................................ 11 2.3.11 Handling Unknown LSA s ..................................................................................... 11 2.3.12 LSA Formats ......................................................................................................... 12 3 OSPFv3 Configuration Example .................................................................................................. 20 3.1 Network Diagram ............................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Network Requirements ...................................................................................................... 21 4 References ................................................................................................................................... 21
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1 Overview
OSPFv2 is a link state Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) developed by the IETF. Featuring a wide application scope, fast convergence, loop-free capability, and facilitating hierarchical network design, OSPFv2 is widely used in IPv4 networks. To route IPv6 packets, the IETF developed OSPFv3 based on OSPFv2. OSPFv3 is mainly used to provide routing functions on IPv6 networks and has become a main routing protocol used for IPv6 networks.
2 Implementation
OSPFv3 works basically the same way as OSPFv2 but has some differences from OSPFv2 to support IPv6 address format. This following describes OSPFv2 briefly before detailing how different OSPFv3 and OSPFv2 are.
2. Area
If a large number of routers in a network run OSPF, the following problems will arise: