Cisco interview question

Explain OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)

Interview Answers

Anonymous

28 Nov 2015

In its most basic form, OSPF is a link state routing protocol. It uses LSA to build LSDB which in turn is used to build topology table and consequently routing table. It uses cost as its metric.

Anonymous

21 Apr 2011

Its a lot involved here, you can go on for days talking about OSPF so if they ask you about it be prepared to be asked A LOT of questions about it