Hello all,

I just released the 5th installment of the Practical OSPF Series:

OSPF Configuration and Show Commands

In this video, we work through a simple OSPF configuration and I talk through every command I'm using and why. All while making ample use of show commands so you can verify everything configured as I am configuring it.

In the video you'll get to see many instances of these show commands:

• show ip protocols
• show ip ospf interface [brief]
• show ip ospf neighbors
• show ip ospf database
• show ip ospf rib [detail]
• show ip route [ospf]

As we go through and configure the basics of OSPF:

• router ospf {process ID}
• router-id {router-id}
• Adding Interfaces to OSPF:
  • network {network ID} {wildcard mask} area {#}
  • ip ospf {process ID} area {#}

Practical OSPF - Full Series

• Practical OSPF - Series Introduction
• OSPF Framework & OSPF Packets: LSDB, LSA, Hello, DBD, LSR, LSU, LSAck
• OSPF Areas and OSPF Types of Routers - Practical OSPF
• OSPF Hello Packets :: Area Types (Stub/NSSA) :: BDR/DR
• OSPF Neighbor Adjacency States: DOWN ATTEMPT INIT 2-WAY EXSTART EXCHANGE LOADING FULL
• OSPF Configuration & Show Commands

What's next for the Practical OSPF Series?

I have scoped out the following lessons for the next few videos in the series:

• DR / BDR Election
• Cost Calculation and SPF
• Auto-Cost Reference Bandwidth
• LSAs Type 1 and 2
• LSAs Type 3
• LSAs Type 4 and 5
• Area Types in depth (Stub / NSSA)

The goal of the series is to become the ultimate OSPF training resource. For that, I need your help. Tell me what you want to see in this series.

Open to feedback / critiques / comments / requests =). Thank you.