Re: [OSPF] Question about Stub advertisement of a PtP link RFC 2328

[Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se>]

"Juergen Arlt" <jarlt at nortel.com> wrote on 28/07/2009 15:09:49:
>
> I don't want to worm up the long discussion that took place in January
> (thanks to Joakims hint) but I still read that the option 1 should be
> used to advertise the remote router IP as a stub host route - though it
> is not required for the protocol to work. I agree however that in the
> LSA example of 2328 Router 3 ommited the option 1 as well.
>
> But the advertisement of the neighbor IP is clearly stated in RFC 1583
> and I would read now the same in 2328.
>
> Quote "When interface addresses are assigned, they are modelled as stub
> links, with each router advertising a stub connection to the other
> router's interface address."

BTW, I read "interface addresses are assigned" == numbered so this
para does not apply to unnumbered I/F's

 Jocke