I don't think it has. Whenever I'm stuck with a question like this, I love to ask other vendors what their opinion is. Here's what that other vendor that starts with J thinks:
ipexpert@Juniper1# set protocols ospf area 0 interface lo0.0 interface-type ? Possible completions: nbma Nonbroadcast multiaccess p2mp Point-to-multipoint NBMA p2p Point-to-point [edit] It looks like they don't have p2mpnbma as an option there :-) Please note that Cisco also has a special LOOP network type, used by the loopback interfaces by default. -- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) Senior CCIE Instructor / Managing Partner - IPexpert On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Saleh Batouq <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as i remember from CCNA point-to-multipoint non-broadcast is a > cisco thing . You can refer to the ICND2 official exam guide. Not sure if > it has become an RFC standard now. > On Mar 3, 2013 8:34 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
