When in doubt consult the RFC

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1247


On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Jim Newell <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have come across a fair amount of documentation about network types and
> OSPF
> (broadcast, non-broadcast, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint,
> point-to-multipoint non-broadcast.)  It is generally clear how each of
> these
> behaves with regard to hello and dead timers, whether or not a DR election
> is
> held and if the hellos are sent via unicast or multicast.
>
> One thing I have noticed is there seems to be a lot of inconsistent
> information concerning which of the network types are Cisco proprietary.  I
> have read in some places that the broadcast network type is while others
> state
> that broadcast is a standard according the RFC. In some cases
> point-to-point,
> point-to-multipoint and point-to-multipoint non-broadcast are said to be
> Cisco
> proprietary, but others seem to disagree on one or another.  I have
> searched
> for an opinion in Cisco’s documentation but could not find anything on this
> topic.
>
> Has anyone else come across this and have you found any reliable
> documentation
> to back it up?
>
> Much appreciated
> jpn
>
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