Introduction Can You Say "Marketing-Speak"? Clueful or Classful? Basic Network Topology
Using Street Maps: Flat Routing
Hierarchical Dynamic Routing
Areas Area Sizing Area Identifiers Controlling Internal Route Propagation
Autonomous Systems and Routing Domains Controlling External Route Propagation
Processes, Areas, and Domains Relationships in Dynamic Routing Special Cases of Adjacency
Basics of Dynamically Routed Area Sizing When Might a Single Area Make Sense?
Convergence Initial Convergence Reconvergence Scalable Algorithms
Brief Look at DV and Its Evolution Is there still a place for RIP?
Link State Requirements and Functions
Link State Protocol History
Differences and Similarities in Protocol Design Compare performance with comparable parameters Future IGP Directions Who am I? Router Initialization
Router Initialization
Single Process Definition OSPF Defining the IS-IS Process
Multiple Process Definition OSPF Complex IS-IS
Database Initialization and Synchronization Neighbor Management
DR/Pseudonode Election
Special Media and Topology Issues Nonbroadcast Multiaccess Demand Media Stub Media Advertising Networks
Scoping and Areas Advertising Changes
Reliably Transmitted Updates: Subnet Scope
Reliably Transmitted Updates: Area Flooding
Error Recovery Retransmission DR Failure Path Determination
Intra-Area Path Determination
Inter-Area and External Path Determination Conclusions References