OSPF Point-to-Point Network Type over Frame-Relay

Hi Jason,

When configuring frame-relay, we have two options:

The links above will show you a configuration example for each. The main difference is that point-to-multipoint uses a single subnet for all PVCs while point-to-point uses a different subnet for each PVC.

Now when it comes to OSPF, this can be confusing yes…here are all network types:

One of the main differences between broadcast/non-broadcast and the point-to-multipoint network types is the next hop that we use, take a look here:

OSPF network types IP next hop

Frame-relay is NBMA but with the correct frame-relay maps, we can “emulate” broadcast traffic so that you can forward multicast/broadcast traffic on the PVCs.

Rene

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