Reference v4.1.0 Instruction Manual

Network OS Command Reference 383
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ip ospf network
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ip ospf network
Configures network type.
Synopsis ip ospf network {broadcast | point-to-point}
no ip ospf network
Operands broadcast Network type is broadcast, such as Ethernet.
point-to-point Network type is point-to-point.
Defaults None
Command Modes Interface subtype configuration mode
Description Use this command to set the network type for the interface. Point-to-point can support
unnumbered links, which requires less processing by OSPF.
Usage Guidelines Enter no ip ospf network to remove the network-type configuration.
NOTE
The network type non-broadcast is not supported at this time.
Examples To configure an OSPF point-to-point link on the OSPF 10-gigabit Ethernet interface whose
rbridge-ID/slot/port format is 190/0/49:
switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 190/0/49
switch(conf-if-te-190/0/49)# ip ospf network point-to-point
To configure an OSPF broadcast link on the OSPF virtual Ethernet (VE) interface 24:
switch(config)# rbridge-id 178
switch(config-rbridge-id-178)# interface ve 24
switch(config-ve-24)# ip ospf network broadcast
See Also interface, interface ve, ip ospf area, ip ospf auth-change-wait-time, ip ospf authentication-key,
ip ospf cost, ip ospf database-filter, ip ospf dead-interval, ip ospf hello-interval,
ip ospf md5-authentication, ip ospf mtu-ignore, ip ospf passive, ip ospf priority,
ip ospf retransmit-interval, ip ospf transmit-delay