Hi Dollard, type 9 is not that interesting , but type 10 is ... Cheers Sam ________________________________________________________________________________________ >From Dollard Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 13 May 2000 To : "'Howard C. Berkowitz'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copy To : (bcc: Sam Ng) Subject : RE: LSA and LSU of the OSPF
wow, i've never seen an lsa type 9. whats the function of that one? could u also enlighten le on lsa type 8? thx Morgan > -----Message d'origine----- > De: Howard C. Berkowitz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Date: vendredi 12 mai 2000 15:46 > À: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet: Re: LSA and LSU of the OSPF > > >Hi guys, > > > >I am confused between the LSA and LSU , could someone clairfy the > difference > >between them. Are they interchangable ? > > > >Thanx > > > > > > > You're confused because this is really confusing! LSU and LSAck > (usually the way the LSAck is written) are packets. LSA's are data > structures carried _in_ packets. > > OSPF Packet type > 1 2 3 4 5 > Hello Database Descr. LS Request LS Ack LS Update > | | | | > +----------------+----------------+-----------+ > Types 2-5 contain > Link State Advertisements (LSA) > LSA-1: Router > LSA-2: Specific prefix > LSA-3: Summary prefix > LSA-4: ASBR > LSA-5: External prefix > LSA-6: Multicast* > LSA-7: NSSA external > LSA-8: Database overflow* > LSA-9: Opaque > > * Not used by Cisco > ** New type, will be used by traffic engineering > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
