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Aug 23, 2016 at 18:33 history edited user27899 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 23, 2016 at 15:50 comment added user27899 That is correct, but many people do it, see RFC 5309
Aug 23, 2016 at 15:35 comment added Ron Maupin By default, ethernet is a broadcast medium, and it must be specifically configured to be point-to-point for OSPF.
Aug 23, 2016 at 15:33 comment added user27899 True, was assuming Ethernet
Aug 23, 2016 at 15:26 comment added Ron Maupin "...it uses the neighbor IP address's associated MAC address to forward the packet onwards [sic]." Unfortunately, that isn't true. In many cases of a point-to-point link, the interface protocol doesn't use MAC addresses.
Aug 23, 2016 at 15:20 history edited user27899 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Aug 23, 2016 at 15:05 history answered user27899 CC BY-SA 3.0