Are you trying to pass your CCNP ENCOR or ENARSI exams? Do you want to become a CCIE one day? Well then this OSPF course is for you!
Complete this course and you will be able to confidently explain, configure, and troubleshoot OSPF!
A lot of solving a problem is knowing what the expected behavior or operation is so you can figure out where things went off the track. This course will give you the tools to do just that.
I am going to release at least one video per week. As I release new sections, I will update this post with links to each video and activity.
This course will include lecture style videos as well as configuration examples, troubleshooting, and lab challenges similar to what I have released in the past.
Here is a link to the playlist on YouTube.
I will update this post regularly, but make sure to subscribe on YouTube to stay up to date. For the time being, take a look at the outline below:
Complete OSPF Course for CCNP and Beyond:
Basic OSPF Overview: Areas, Basic Topology, SPT
OSPF Neighbor and Topology Discovery, OSPF Packet Types, Hello Packet Deep Dive
Router ID, Neighbors, Neighbor States, OSPF Adjacency Requirements
Designated Router and Backup Designated Router
Designated Router and BDR Election Process
OSPF Areas and Router Types Revisited
OSPF Two Level Hierarchy
OSPF Router Types
OSPF LSA TYPES
LSA OVERVIEW
LSA Header
LS Types and Brief Descriptions
LSA 1 – ROUTER LSA
LSA 1 Link Descriptions
Interpreting a Type 1 LSA
LSA 2 – NETWORK LSA
Example LSA 2
LSA 3 – SUMMARY LSA
LSA 4 – ASBR SUMMARY LSA
LSA 5 – AS EXTERNAL LSA
OSPF External Type 1 vs Type 2
OSPF External Route Calculation
LSA 7 – NSSA EXTERNAL LSA
OSPF NETWORK TYPES
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW OF NETWORK TYPES
NETWORK TYPE: BROADCAST
NETWORK TYPE: NON-BROADCAST
NETWORK TYPE: POINT-TO-POINT
NETWORK TYPE: POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT
NETWORK TYPE: LOOPBACK
OSPF Virtual Links & Discontiguous Areas
OSPF Stub Areas
OSPF Scalability
How do OSPF Stub Areas Work?
OSPF Stub Area Types
OSPF Stub Area Logic
OSPF Totally Stubby Area Logic
OSPF Not-So- Stubby-Area Logic
OSPF Not-So-Totally-Stubby-Area Logic
OSPF Path Selection
OSPF Summarization Overview
OSPF Route Filtering
Wow, it really is the complete course on OSPF!
As you can see, we cover almost everything you could ever want to know about OSPF. I will try to keep it as fun as possible 🙂
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ENCOR Official Guide: https://amzn.to/3izVups
ENARSI Official Guide: https://amzn.to/3e4hrt9
CCNP Command Guide: https://amzn.to/2Z4FZOr
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