Re: Idea behind DR copying the list of prefixes in the Link-LSA

[Acee Lindem <acee at CISCO.COM>]

vishnuvardhan B wrote:

> Hi Pauwell,
> Thanks for the response. So if i need to set the next hop for any of the 
>
> prefixes on the transit networks the next hop will be the DR link local 
>
> address? is this deviation from the OSPFV2?
>  
Hi Vishnu,
No - Read section 16.1.1 in RFC 2328. 

     "If the destination is a directly connected network, or a router 
which connectes to
      the calculating router via a point-to-point interface, no next 
hop IP address is required."

Hope this helps,
Acee
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> Regards,
> Vishnu
>
>