Allied Telesis AT-9724TS - Manual (Page 110)

Figure 6- 101. Hello Packet
Field Description
Network Mask The network mask associated with this interface.
Options The optional capabilities supported by the router.
Hello Interval The number of seconds between this router’s Hello packets.
Router Priority This router’s Router Priority.The Router Priority is used in the election of the DR and BDR. If this field is set
to 0, the router is ineligible become the DR or the BDR.
Router Dead Interval The number of seconds that must pass before declaring a silent router as down.
Designated Router The identity of the DR for this network, in the view of the advertising router.The DR is identified here by its IP
interface address on the network.
Backup Designated Router The identity of the Backup Designated Router (BDR) for this network.The BDR is identified here by its IP
interface address on the network.This field is set to 0.0.0.0 if there is no BDR.
Neighbor The Router IDs of each router from whom valid Hello packets have been seen within the Router Dead Interval
on the network.
Database Description Packet
Database Description packets are OSPF packet type 2.These packets are exchanged when an adjacency is being initialized.They describe the contents of the
topological database. Multiple packets may be used to describe the database. For this purpose a poll-response procedure is used. One of the routers is designated
to be master, the other a slave.The master seconds Database Description packets (polls) that are acknowledged by Database Description packets sent by the
slave (responses).The responses are linked to the polls via the packets’ DD sequence numbers.
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Version No. 1 Packet Length
Octets
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OSPF Hello Packet
Router ID
Area ID
Checksum Authentication Type
Authentication
Authentication
Network Mask
Options Router Priority Hello Interval
Router Dead Interval
Designated Router
Backup Designated Router
Neighbour
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