Routing Bit Set on this LSA
Just thought i'd post my findings.
If you read about the routing bit you will learn its cisco proprietary and locally significant. It's useful for troubleshooting
when multiple summary or external LSA's contain the same prefix, it will show which LSA is preferred by ospf.
Now, while investigating this i was seeing discrepancies on which LSA's had this bit set, finally i figured it out.
For type 1 LSA's, this bit is present for ABRs and ASBRs within the area, if the router is purely internal to an area generating just type 1 and 2 lsa's, there will be no mention of the routing bit in that routers type 1 LSA.
It's a small piece of info that could come in handy.
If you read about the routing bit you will learn its cisco proprietary and locally significant. It's useful for troubleshooting
when multiple summary or external LSA's contain the same prefix, it will show which LSA is preferred by ospf.
Now, while investigating this i was seeing discrepancies on which LSA's had this bit set, finally i figured it out.
For type 1 LSA's, this bit is present for ABRs and ASBRs within the area, if the router is purely internal to an area generating just type 1 and 2 lsa's, there will be no mention of the routing bit in that routers type 1 LSA.
It's a small piece of info that could come in handy.
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