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Review of OSPF network types

Review of OSPF network types

From the course: Cisco CCNP ENCOR v1.1 (350-401) Cert Prep: 1 Architecture, Virtualization, and Infrastructure

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Review of OSPF network types

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In this video, we want to compare a couple of OSPF network types. And by the way, the ENCOR Blueprint wants us to know about two specific network types; the broadcast and the point-to-point network type. So we're going to take a look at some of their characteristics. There are some other network types, but you might get into those if you're dealing with a frame relay or an ATM network. And we don't really see those that much these days. So we're really focusing on more relevant network types here. First, consider the broadcast network type. With a broadcast network, we're saying that everybody is on some sort of like an Ethernet network. We all have an Ethernet interface connected to the same subnet, the same IP address space, and we're going to be able to send a broadcast and it would reach every router on this broadcast network. Now we're not going to use broadcast, but that's what would happen if we did send a broadcast. And the broadcast network type is the default for OSPF on any…

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