The comprehensive reference for OSPF network design and deployment

• Understand the full dynamics of OSPF network components, how they interact with one another, and how to configure them
  
• Increase the efficiency of your OSPF network through a variety of performance tuning techniques
  
• Apply load balancing to enhance OSPF's capability to adapt to network topology changes
  
• Ensure seamless communication between OSPF and other Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs) and OSPF and BGP through redistribution
  
• Optimize network stability and efficiency with OSPF summarization
  
• Maximize your ability to properly manage an ever-changing OSPF network landscape through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Management Information Bases (MIBs)
  
• Develop a practiced, tested security plan to protect your OSPF network
  
• Optimize the efficiency and bandwidth of your OSPF network through the integration of MPLS
  
• Complete your basic OSPF knowledge gaps with a boiled down summary of the OSPF RFCs
  

One of the most prevalent Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs), OSPF is in use in numerous networks across the globe. Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is also one of the most widely tested protocols if you choose to pursue a networking certification. From a technical perspective, the overwhelming presence of OSPF ensures that you will encounter it at some point in your career. As a result, every networking professional should understand how OSPF operates, how to configure and troubleshoot this important protocol, and most importantly how to design a network that uses OSPF.