TYPES OF LSA (Link state

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Sm Tahir Ashraf
 What is LSA

 The link-state advertisement is a basic communication

means of the OSPF routing protocol for the Internet
Protocol. It communicates the router's local routing
topology to all other local routers in the same OSPF area.
 OSFP LSA TYPES

 LSA Type 1: Router LSA.

 LSA Type 2: Network LSA.
 LSA Type 3: Summary LSA.
 LSA Type 4: Summary ASBR LSA.
 LSA 7: Not-so-stubby area LSA.
 LSA Type 8: External attribute LSA for BGP.
 LSA TYPE-1(Router LSA)

 LSA Type 1 – OSPF Router LSA. LSA Type 1 (Router LSA) packets are
sent between routers within the same area of origin and do not leave
the area. An OSPF router uses LSA Type 1 packets to describe its own
interfaces but also carries information about its neighbors to adjacent
routers in the same area.
 LSA TYPE-2(Router LSA)

 These LSA Types Are Generated By The Dr (Designated Router)

Type-2 LSA Tells:
Who Is Dr
Net Mask
Router-id
 LSA TYPE-3(Summary LSA)

 OSPF summary LSA (Type 3 LSA) ... Type 3 LSAs are generated by
ABR. They represent networks from an area and are sent to the
rest of the areas in OSPFdomain. Type 1 LSAs don't cross area
boundary, so Area Border Router (ABR) uses type 3 LSA to inform
other areas about networks learned in its area.
 LSA Type-4(Summary ASBR LSA)

 LSA Type 4 is described as a ASBR Summary LSA. It is

generated by an ABR. It is flooded from area 0 into a non-
transit area and vice versa. It represents
theABR's reachability to ASBRs in other areas where in it
includes cost but hides theABR's actual path to the
destination.
 LSA TYPE-5(Autonomous
System external LSA)

 OSPF creates a type 5 LSA for a subnet that is injected

into OSPF from an external source. To inject the route, the autonomous
System Border Router (ASBR), which is by definition a router that
connects to a non-OSPF routing domain, uses the redistribute
command.
 LSA Type-7(Not so
stubby area LSA)

 LSA type 5 is a regular LSA generated by ASBR as external

routes. LSA type 7 is a special LSA generated by ASBR as external
routes. the problem is come when you want to connect a stub or totally
stub areas directly to external routing domain (through ASBR).
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