Message Types
OSPF routers communicate by sending Link State Advertisement (LSAs) to each other.
- Type 1 - Router Links Advertisement
- Type 2 - Network Links Advertisement
- Type 3 - Summary Links Advertisement
- Type 4 - AS Boundary Router Summary Link Advertisement
- Type 5 - AS External Link Advertisement
- Type 6 - Multicast Group Membership LSA
LSAs contain sequence numbers to detect old and duplicate LSAs.