ospf timers

[shiva_ial]

router1>sh ip route 10.138.122.0

Routing entry for 10.138.0.0/16

Known via "ospf 65040", distance 110, metric 302, type inter area

Last update from 10.132.253.22 on GigabitEthernet0/1, 07:51:38 ago

Routing Descriptor Blocks:

* 10.132.253.22, from 10.132.246.8, 07:51:38 ago, via GigabitEthernet0/1

Route metric is 302, traffic share count is 1

hi everybody,

i want know the timing mentioned in ip route (07:51:38) refreshes very often,

sometimes it start from 0:00:00 and be there for 15 seconds sometime for a minute

what does that mean

topology changes(LSA'S)

hello updates

?.....

Rgds

shiva

[shiva_ial]

sure rick,

i started learning things from

this forum,lot of questions unanswered were

answered in this forum makes me interesting.

I learnt new things from the post uncovered in books and probelms which could happen on realtime.

I request all the experts participating in this forum to keep up their good work on sharing their knowledge and experiences in this forum.

thanks a lot.

rgds

shiva

[marikakis]

Hello,

I am under the impression that inter-area and external information are involved in partial SPF runs. I mean, this type of information are seen as leaves in the SPF tree anyway, so no full SPF run is required, but they must be somehow glued to the body of the SPF tree.

Kind Regards,

M.