Setting Up an OSPF Routed Internetwork

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Setting up an OSPF routed internetwork

An Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routed internetwork uses the OSPF routing protocol to dynamically communicate routing information between routers. Deployed properly, an OSPF environment automatically adds and removes routes as networks are added and removed from the internetwork. You need to ensure that each router is properly configured so that the OSPF-based route advertisements are propagated to OSPF routers on the internetwork. This feature is not available on the Itanium-based versions of the Windows operating systems. This content is not available in this preliminary release.

This section covers:

• The OSPF environment

• OSPF design considerations

• OSPF security

• Deploying OSPF

• Deploying a single-area OSPF internetwork