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Routers links advertisements – D-Link DES-3326 User Manual

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Link-State Age

Options

Link-State Type

Link-State ID

Advertising Router

Link-State Sequence Number

Link-State Checksum

Length

Routers Links Advertisements

Reserved

Reserved

Number of Links

Link ID

Link Data

Type

No. Of TOS

TOS 0 Metric

TOS

Metric

...

TOS

Metric

...

Link ID

Link Data

0

0

V

B

E

Figure 5-33. Routers Links Advertisement

In router links advertisements, the Link State ID field is set to the router’s OSPF Router ID. The T – bit
is set in the advertisement’s Option field if and only if the router is able to calculate a separate set of
routes for each IP Type of Service (TOS). Router links advertisements are flooded throughout a single
area only.

Field

Description

V – bit

When set, the router is an endpoint of an active
virtual link that is using the described area as a
Transit area (V is for Virtual link endpoint).

E – bit

When set, the router is an Autonomous System
(AS) boundary router (E is for External).

B – bit

When set, the router is an area border router (B is
for Border).

Number of Links

The number of router links described by this
advertisement. This must be the total collection of
router links to the area.

Table 5-17. Routers Links Advertisement

The following fields are used to describe each router link. Each router link is typed. The Type field
indicates the kind of link being described. It may be a link to a transit network, to another router or to
a stub network. The values of all the other fields describing a router link depend on the link’s Type. For
example, each link has an associated 32-bit data field. For links to stub networks this field specifies the

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