a link state packet, or lsp, is essentially a data message used in networking to exchange information about the connections and statuses between routers. think of it as a digital map that updates in real time, telling each router in the network about the paths it can take to send your ...
What is Link Control Protocol (LCP)? In computer networking, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) provides a standard way to transport multiprotocol data over point-to-point links; within PPP, Link Control Protocol (LCP) establishes, configures and tests data link internet connections. In a communicatio...
OSPF is a link-state protocol. A link can be considered as a router interface. The link state is a description of that interface and of the relationship with its neighboring routers. For example, a description of the interface includes the IP address and mask of the interface, the type of...
Distance-vector protocols, such as the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Link state protocols, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Although these protocols are designed for different purposes and have different behavior characteristics, they ...
The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is a link-state Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
Traditionally, link state protocols such OSPF, even if OSPF routers have complete view of the topology, never calculated a backup route. With LFA, a router calculate a backup path that can be used to route traffic, in case of a failure of a directly connected link or node on primary...
A link-state protocol, where each node creates a tree graph-style map that defines pathways from itself to any other node Both protocols have limitations. Distance-vector routing may not perform as well in a large network as in a smaller one, because of the many segments between nodes. As...
Link-state routing protocols (OSPF or IS-IS) make the network topology and the resource availability known to all nodes in the network. (ATM analogy: PNNI protocol.) Modified Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) is used as a signaling protocol (ATM analogy: UNI signaling) to set up LSPs (...
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To prevent loops from causing broadcast storms and making the MAC address table unstable, the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) runs switches when redundant links are used on the network. STP is a basic feature of datacom products including switches, routers, and WLAN products. This chapter describes...