Re: ospf network type

From: Bob Sinclair (bsinclair@netmasterclass.net)
Date: Wed Apr 06 2005 - 09:06:42 GMT-3


Mani,

Have you had a look at Alex Zinin's book "Cisco IP Routing"? It goes into
excellent detail on OSPF. He discusses broadcast and nonbroadcast modes on
NBMA on page 450. In the broadcast modes, the interface receives a single
copy of hello or update packets, and the data link layer is responsible for
replicating it to all PVCs. In nonbroadcast mode neighbors are known by layer
3 addresses, and separate packets are generate for each above layer 2.

Zinin's book gets nowhere near the attention it deserves! ISBN:
0-201-60473-6

HTH,

Bob Sinclair
CCIE #10427, CCSI 30427, CISSP
www.netmasterclass.net

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: mani poopal
  To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
  Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:48 AM
  Subject: ospf network type

  Hi Guys,

  A small question, what is the advantage/usage of ospf network type:
  point-to-multipoing non-broadcast

  thanks

  Mani

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