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| author | Ondrej Filip <feela@network.cz> | 2000-06-07 14:12:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Ondrej Filip <feela@network.cz> | 2000-06-07 14:12:13 +0000 |
| commit | f06a219a2445bc9ff86071fdbb9b97e51b412c31 (patch) | |
| tree | 7034173aa4c103001aab69af3922ed344d8bf298 | |
| parent | 4e8ec66698e0e644f56c18b3f58393d9f5ae49a7 (diff) | |
Better explanation of OSPF attributes. But it's still not perfect.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bird.sgml | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 758130f2..dc68e9b1 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -1023,12 +1023,15 @@ protocol ospf <name> { <sect1>Attributes -<p>OSPF defines three route attributes. Each internal route has a metric. External -routes use metric type 1 or metric type 2. A metric of type 1 is comparable -with internal metrics, a metric of type 2 is always longer than any metric of type 1 -or any internal metric. Each external route can also carry a tag which is -a 32-bit integer which is used when exporting routes to other protocols; otherwise, -it doesn't affect routing inside the OSPF domain at all. +<p>OSPF defines three route attributes. Each internal route has a <cf/metric/ +Metric is ranging from 1 to infinity (65535). +External routes use <cf/metric type 1/ or <cf/metric type 2/. +A <cf/metric of type 1/ is comparable with internal <cf/metric/, a +<cf/metric of type 2/ is always longer +than any <cf/metric of type 1/ or any <cf/internal metric/. +Each external route can also carry a <cf/tag/ which is a 32-bit +integer which is used when exporting routes to other protocols; +otherwise, it doesn't affect routing inside the OSPF domain at all. <sect1>Example |