I'm not sure I understand you there. Do you mean that the intention behind the draft RFC was for some form of point-to-point configuration command on the interface, which would apply to all link state routing protocols?
Paul. Rodney Dunn wrote: > There was a point to point configuration on the link itself and it > caused a bunch of platform forwarding problems once. > > I wouldn't use that one. > > Note I'm not talking about the OSPF point to point control plane > configuration. > > Rodney > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:43:51PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> These are all good points, and makes me wonder - if it's *known* that an >>>> Ethernet link will be used as a point to point link between two routers, >>>> why doesn't everybody configure it explicitly as a point to point link? >>>> I know we always do... >>> The benefit/cost ratio is low. You aren't saving much be eliminating DR/BDR >>> election, and it's just one more unnecessary tweak to keep track of. IMHO. >> Funny, we look at it exactly the opposite way. We're a service provider, >> and a large majority of the Ethernet links where we run an IGP are point >> to point links. So we have the point to point configuration as part of >> our standard config template, nothing extra to keep track of. >> >> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > -- HEAnet Limited Ireland's Education & Research Network 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland Tel: +353.1.6609040 Web: http://www.heanet.ie Company registered in Ireland: 275301 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
