Re: A writeup on interface state machine (Re: DR election)

Vishwas Manral <Vishwas@SINETT.COM> Thu, 05 May 2005 03:59 UTC

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Filippo,

There is no reason you should configure Full-Duplex Ethernet link as
broadcast. 

The OSPF MIB already allows the configuration of link type.

Thanks,
Vishwas
-----Original Message-----
From: Mailing List [mailto:OSPF@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of
Filippo Cugini
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:27 PM
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Subject: Re: A writeup on interface state machine (Re: DR election)

Just to add something about DR election.
I suggest to include in OSPF router implementations a "point-to-point" 
statement even for Ethernet Networks.
We have point-to-point optical Ethernet connections between routers
running 
OSPF and we don't want to waste 40sec for the DR-BDR election every time
a 
new connection is established. There is no need to consider Ethernet a 
broadcast network in such conditions

Best regards
  Filippo