At 8:08 PM + 8/6/03, Marko Milivojevic wrote:
I wonder what the logic for that is.
I wonder, too. :)
The reason could be as simple as the possibility to reuse the code (or
function-call). For that brief moment when there is BDR, but no DR, exactly
the same code base can be used as
The DR is not chosen from the remaining list. The DR is chosen from the
list of routers that declared themselves designated routers (this is why a
high-priority router that comes up late won't take over the DR role from an
existing DR), or if no router declared itself DR, then the BDR will become
The OSPF interface priority is the parameter that controls DR election. Its
default value is 1. When OSPF interface priority is 0, the router is
not
eligible to become a DR. If a router comes up on a network segment and
there
are no other routers there already, it will become a DR. If
Papp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: RE: OSPF DR and BDR elections [7:73504]
Technically, the BDR is elected first. If no router is claiming to be a DR,
then the BDR will be immediately promoted to DR. Nonetheless, the end result
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From: DeVoe, Charles (PKI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I wonder what the logic for that is.
I wonder, too. :)
The reason could be as simple as the possibility to reuse the code (or
function-call). For that brief moment when there is BDR, but no DR, exactly
the same code base can be used as if router has realized that DR just failed
miserably
to find a new BDR. Is this correct?
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From: Zsombor Papp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:01 AM
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Subject: RE: OSPF DR and BDR elections [7:73504]
The DR is not chosen from the remaining list. The DR is chosen from the
list
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Subject: RE: OSPF DR and BDR elections [7:73504]
The DR is not chosen from the remaining list. The DR is
chosen from the
list of routers that declared themselves designated routers
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: OSPF DR and BDR elections [7:73504]
The DR is not chosen from the remaining list. The DR is
chosen from the
list of routers that declared themselves designated routers
(this is why a
high-priority router that comes up late won't take over the DR
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