Re: OSPF DR and BDR election

Hello Carlos

I am read it in TCP-IP vol-1 (Jeff Doyel)

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar>wrote:

> I don't know where are you reading this, but I thought that there is only
> BDR election process. Once you are BDR, then you can jump to DR if the
> current DR fails.
>
> So that is why, I guess. You don't opt, you have no choice :)
> -Carlos
>
> vishal bhugra @ 20/02/2014 20:28 -0300 dixit:
>
> Hello Experts
>>
>> While going through the DR and BDR election process. I gone through a line
>> wherein during the process of election the router will segregate the list
>> of routers who have mentioned themselves as BDR and those who have
>> mentioned themselves as DR.
>>
>> After segregation out of the list of BDR, the elected BDR will be with the
>> highest priority and if not then highest Router ID.
>>
>> Now my question is .. Why would a router will opt himself for BDR and not
>> for DR. Or we can say how a router will come to conclusion that it has to
>> go for be a BDR not the DR.
>>
>>
> --
> Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> LW7 EQI Argentina
>

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