How the network type of an OSPF interface is detected?

johnifanx98 · January 2013

Broadcast
ppp
NBMA
Point-to-multipoint
Virtual links

luberguilarte · January 2013

224.0.0.5 , thats is the multicast address that ospf use .

Zartanasaurus · January 2013

Probably the same way it detects the bandwidth of the interface. IOS tells it what the interface type and encapsulation method is and OSPF categorizes it.

How the network type of an OSPF interface is detected?

Comments