What three general characteristics of vector protocols make the protocls susceptible to problems such as corrupted route data, loops, and slow convergence?
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What is split horizon?
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What is counting to infinity, and how are its adverse effects reduced?
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How does a holddown timer help prevent routing loops? Does it have any negative effects on the network?
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What are the four fundamental concepts of link state protocols?
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What purposes does a Hello protocol serve?
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How is a Hello protocol ensured to discover only directly connected neighbors?
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What is handshaking? What is the purpose of a three-way handshake?
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What three mechanisms are used to make flooding reliable?
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What is database synchronization?
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What is an area? Define it in terms of the link state database and the SPF tree, and its general benefit to a link state network.
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What is an area border router? In what way does its link state database differ from that of other routers? In what way does its SPF processes differ from those of other routers?
