[c-nsp] OSPF point-to-point vs dr/bdr

[Rodney Dunn]

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, sthaug at nethelp.no 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, sthaug at nethelp.no
> 
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