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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ospfd')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ospfd/ospfd.8 | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ospfd/ospfd.8 b/usr.sbin/ospfd/ospfd.8 index aa17bb05973..38ec3330c36 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ospfd/ospfd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ospfd/ospfd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ospfd.8,v 1.18 2007/10/13 17:12:00 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ospfd.8,v 1.19 2007/10/14 12:27:35 krw Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005, 2007 Esben Norby <norby@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: October 13 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 14 2007 $ .Dt OSPFD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ also updated. OSPF aware routers discover each other via OSPF hello packets. .Pp In a multiaccess network such as Ethernet it is unfeasible for all routers -to syncronize with all other routers in the network. +to synchronize with all other routers in the network. In such networks a Designated Router .Pq DR and a Backup Designated Router .Pq BDR is elected. -The DR's responsibility is to syncronize with all routers; the BDR will +The DR's responsibility is to synchronize with all routers; the BDR will not do much until the DR fails. The first router in a network is automatically elected DR, the second router BDR. @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ A router not elected either DR or BDR will have 2-WAY adjacency with all routers but the DR and BDR. Routers that form 2-WAY adjacency recognize that they know each other. In case a DR or BDR should fail another router is elected and all routers -change state on the newly elected router and syncronize to it. +change state on the newly elected router and synchronize to it. .Pp When routers are connected via point to point links, the DR and BDR election is skipped since only two routers are connected. |