To Marc, Nicola and Les - Thank you Kind regards jpn
------ Original Message ------ Received: 12:26 PM EST, 03/03/2013 From: Les Waller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Network Types and OSPF John T. Moy's book "OSPF: Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol" describes four network types; point-to-point, broadcast, NBMA, and point-to-multipoint. He wrote the RFC for OSPF. :-) Cheers! On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:11 PM, 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 > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs -- Les Waller, Network Engineer ..:|:..:|:.. Home Page: *http://www.facebook.com/groups/325762454132531/* * *MBA, CISSP, CCNP/CCDA _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
