Hi,
I'm aware that Frame relay is an NBMA network and it means it cannot broadcast packets.
int s0 e f ip ospf net broadcast ip xxxx xxxx
thx .dave
You may not send a single packet and expect it to reach all dframe relay destinations. If you want to "broadcast" you must manually replicate the packets to each destination.
If you choose to do broadcast replication on frame relay, you can emulate a broadcast network (using frame relay MAP and the broadcast keyword.) This is provided you are willing to expend the excess traffic and CPU needed to do so. In that case, you can force OSPF to behave as it it were attached to a broadcasting network. With a small number of frame relay peers, it is probably acceptable but as you add more peers the emulation of broadcast consumes more and more CPU and bandwidth.
Ah, cost is the reason. Thx Phillip.
Not true.
A MULTIPOINT Frame-Relay network is a NBMA network...
Any frame that has its I/G bit set to 1 will not pass.
Because...
You overrode the no-broadcast policy by making it broadcast.
Jonathan
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