Which are the timers ?
Thanks.
""Howard C. Berkowitz"" wrote in message
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> Sorry about that. Two different timers.
>
>
> >"richard dumoulin" wrote, Hi guys,
> >
> >I am not sure to have found a contradiction in the OSPF paper from
> >Certificationzone.
> >
> >At first, Howard writes
> >
> > ". The BDR hears updates being sent to the DR and starts a timer. If
> the
> >DR does not respond before the BDR timer expires, the BDR will send out
the
> >update that the DR should have sent. Under these circumstances, however,
the
> >BDR does not take over as DR."
> >
> >But pages later he says
> >
> > "OSPF updates are actually sent to a multicast address that includes
> >both the DR and BDR. When the BDR hears an update sent to the DR, it
starts
> >a timer. If the DR does not respond before the BDR's
>
> dead timer
>
> > expires, the BDR
> >will assume that the DR is dead and will promote itself to DR."
> >
> >Do you understand my confusion ?
>
>
>
>
> >
> >Cheers.
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