08-26-2011 05:46 AM - edited 03-07-2019 01:55 AM
hi,
whats the difference between hellos and lsa in ospf?
08-26-2011 05:58 AM
A hello packet is used to discover neighbors and build adjancencies and make sure the link to the neighbor is still up.
An LSA's are sending what the state of the links are for the router sending them.
Mike
08-26-2011 06:07 AM
i wud like know the contents of lsa and hello packet.
what info they carry?
08-26-2011 06:08 AM
Not easier to google this?
Just asking!
08-26-2011 06:23 AM
Vishal,
Check this link it should help.
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Open_Shortest_Path_First
08-26-2011 06:45 AM
This is the main document about OSPFv2: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2328
Here you can find all OSPF packets' formats. All the fields and their description.
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