Re: How many changes can be in one LSA

[Alex Zinin <[e-mail]>]

Thursday, August 15, 2002, 10:00:32 PM, Acee Lindem wrote:
>> If more than one change occurs in a router for instance: one link changes cost
>> and another link goes down simutaneously, will this two changes be signalled in
>> one LSA or two LSAs will be generated for that ? I mean, is the LSA limited to
>> one change at a time ?

> Hello Beatriz,

> This is somewhat implementation dependent but in general simultaneous
> events should result in a single router LSA re-origination. There is
> no limit to the number of changes that can be contained in a single
> LSA.

Right, and the reason for this is that LSAs do not contain
_changes_, they contain a snapshot of the router's curren state
(the link state in the router-LSA case.)
Just making sure we all are on the same page.

Alex