Re: [OSPF] OSPF NBMA interface type

"Russ White" <russw@riw.us> Sat, 06 July 2013 18:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OSPF] OSPF NBMA interface type
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> OSPF MANET is has its own interface type (or should I say types since we
> have multiple experimental RFCs). They are all closer to P2MP than NBMA.

Yes, that's true --actually, I'd forgotten about the use of the P2MP type in
the MANET space.

> There is a lot machinery to support NBMA adjacency formation and polling.
If
> we were ever to do OSPFv4, I think it would be on the table for
deprecation.

Sure --if we're starting on a new protocol version, yes. Deprecating it in
the current versions doesn't seem like it's worth the trouble (IMHO).

:-)

Russ