Re: [OSPF] OSPF NBMA interface type

"Russ White" <russw@riw.us> Sat, 06 July 2013 12:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OSPF] OSPF NBMA interface type
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> With the convergence to ethernet everywhere, there is much less of a
> requirement for other OSPF topologies. However, P2MP is still very
relevant
> in wireless and we now have the hybrid interface (RFC 6845). With Ericsson
> IPOS, we also use P2MP for subscriber OSPF adjacencies where a single
> interface can support many subscribers each with some form of explicit or
> implied encap for demuxing each individual subscriber.
> 
> I don't see much requirement for NBMA but I'm sure there are deployments
> making use of it.

I would be opposed to removing it, even if I can't find many specific
instances of it being used (although MANET is a major use case) --unless we
could find some specific reason to remove it (i.e., improvements in
performance, reduced complexity that directly impacts the operation of
neighbor formation, etc.). 

Russ