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

[Phil Mayers]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 06:29:22PM +0200, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>> Just to add, just in case it isn't obvious from Peters comments, that
>> the neighbor establishment can also be quicker since DR election does
>> not occur.  The wait timer, which is normally 40 seconds, does not need
>> to be used.
>
>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...

We do likewise. I was under the impression it was pretty common.