ip ospf network

Configures the network type for the interface. Point-to-point can support unnumbered links, which requires less processing by OSPF.

Syntax

ip ospf network { broadcast | non-broadcast | point-to-point }

no ip ospf network

Command Default

Network type is broadcast.

Parameters

broadcast: Network type is broadcast.
non-broadcast: Network type is non-broadcast. An interface can be configured to send OSPF traffic to its neighbor as unicast packets rather than multicast packets.
point-to-point: Network type is point-to-point.

Modes

Interface subtype configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

On a non-broadcast interface, the devices at either end of the interface must configure non-broadcast interface type and the neighbor IP address. There is no restriction on the number of devices sharing a non-broadcast interface.

To configure an OSPF interface as a non-broadcast interface, the feature must be enabled on a physical interface or a VE, following the ip ospf area statement, and then specify the IP address of the neighbor in the OSPF configuration. The non-broadcast interface configuration must be done on the OSPF devices at either end of the link.

The no form of the command removes the network-type configuration.

Examples

The following example configures an OSPFv2 point-to-point link on a specific OSPFv2 Ethernet interface.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1
device(conf-if-eth-1/1)# ip ospf network point-to-point

The following example configures an OSPFv2 broadcast link on a specific OSPFv2 Ethernet interface.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1
device(conf-if-eth-1/1)# ip ospf network broadcast