the priorities advertised by all the routers. If there is already a DR on the network, the router will
accept that one, regardless of its own router priority.
With NetDefendOS, the DR and the BDR are automatically assigned.
Neighbors
Routers that are in the same area become neighbors in that area. Neighbors are elected by the use of
Hello messages. These are sent out periodically on each interface using IP multicast. Routers
become neighbors as soon as they see themselves listed in a neighbor's Hello message. In this way, a
two way communication is guaranteed.
The following Neighbor States are defined:
Down
This is the initial state of the neighbor relationship.
Init
When a Hello message is received from a neighbor, but does NOT include the Router
ID of the firewall in it, the neighbor will be placed in the Init state.
As soon as the neighbor in question receives a Hello message it will know the sending
router's Router ID and will send a Hello message with that included. The state of the
neighbors will change to the 2-way state.
2-Way
In this state the communication between the router and the neighbor is bi-directional.
On Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint OSPF interfaces, the state will be changed
to Full. On Broadcast interfaces, only the DR/BDR will advance to the Full state with
their neighbors, all the remaining neighbors will remain in the 2-Way state.
ExStart
Preparing to build adjacency.
Exchange
Routers are exchanging Data Descriptors.
Loading
Routers are exchanging LSAs.
Full
This is the normal state of an adjacency between a router and the DR/BDR.
Aggregates
OSPF Aggregation is used to combine groups of routes with common addresses into a single entry
in the routing table. This is commonly used to minimize the routing table.
To set this feature up in NetDefendOS, see Section 4.5.3.5, “OSPF Aggregates”.
Virtual Links
Virtual links are used for the following scenarios:
A. Linking an area that does not have a direct connection to the backbone area.
B. Linking backbone areas when the backbone is partitioned.
The two uses are discussed next.
A. Linking areas without direct connection to the backbone
The backbone area always needs to be the center of all other areas. In some rare cases where it is
impossible to have an area physically connected to the backbone, a Virtual Link is used. Virtual
links can provide an area with a logical path to the backbone area.
4.5.2. OSPF Concepts
Chapter 4. Routing
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Summary of Contents for NetDefend DFL-260E
Page 27: ...1 3 NetDefendOS State Engine Packet Flow Chapter 1 NetDefendOS Overview 27...
Page 79: ...2 7 3 Restore to Factory Defaults Chapter 2 Management and Maintenance 79...
Page 146: ...3 9 DNS Chapter 3 Fundamentals 146...
Page 227: ...4 7 5 Advanced Settings for Transparent Mode Chapter 4 Routing 227...
Page 241: ...5 4 IP Pools Chapter 5 DHCP Services 241...
Page 339: ...6 7 Blacklisting Hosts and Networks Chapter 6 Security Mechanisms 339...
Page 360: ...7 4 7 SAT and FwdFast Rules Chapter 7 Address Translation 360...
Page 382: ...8 3 Customizing HTML Pages Chapter 8 User Authentication 382...
Page 386: ...The TLS ALG 9 1 5 The TLS Alternative for VPN Chapter 9 VPN 386...
Page 439: ...Figure 9 3 PPTP Client Usage 9 5 4 PPTP L2TP Clients Chapter 9 VPN 439...
Page 450: ...9 7 6 Specific Symptoms Chapter 9 VPN 450...
Page 488: ...10 4 6 Setting Up SLB_SAT Rules Chapter 10 Traffic Management 488...
Page 503: ...11 6 HA Advanced Settings Chapter 11 High Availability 503...
Page 510: ...12 3 5 Limitations Chapter 12 ZoneDefense 510...
Page 533: ...13 9 Miscellaneous Settings Chapter 13 Advanced Settings 533...
