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@@ -1335,6 +1335,11 @@ for each neighbor using the following configuration parameters:
circumvent misconfigurations of other routers. Default:
disabled.
+ <tag>next hop keep</tag> Forward the received Next Hop
+ attribute even in situations where the local address should be
+ used instead, like when the route is sent to an interface with
+ a different subnet. Default: disabled.
+
<tag>missing lladdr self|drop|ignore</tag>Next Hop attribute
in BGP-IPv6 sometimes contains just the global IPv6 address,
but sometimes it has to contain both global and link-local
@@ -1941,6 +1946,7 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
nonbroadcast|nbma|pointomultipoint|ptmp];
strict nonbroadcast &lt;switch&gt;;
real broadcast &lt;switch&gt;;
+ ptp netmask &lt;switch&gt;;
check link &lt;switch&gt;;
ecmp weight &lt;num&gt;;
authentication [none|simple|cryptographic];
@@ -2184,6 +2190,18 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
probably is not interoperable with other OSPF
implementations. Default value is no.
+ <tag>ptp netmask <m/switch/</tag>
+ In <cf/type ptp/ network configurations, OSPFv2
+ implementations should ignore received netmask field in hello
+ packets and should send hello packets with zero netmask field
+ on unnumbered PtP links. But some OSPFv2 implementations
+ perform netmask checking even for PtP links. This option
+ specifies whether real netmask will be used in hello packets
+ on <cf/type ptp/ interfaces. You should ignore this option
+ unless you meet some compatibility problems related to this
+ issue. Default value is no for unnumbered PtP links, yes
+ otherwise.
+
<tag>check link <M>switch</M></tag>
If set, a hardware link state (reported by OS) is taken into
consideration. When a link disappears (e.g. an ethernet cable is
@@ -2218,7 +2236,10 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
<tag>neighbors { <m/set/ } </tag>
A set of neighbors to which Hello messages on NBMA or PtMP
networks are to be sent. For NBMA networks, some of them
- could be marked as eligible.
+ could be marked as eligible. In OSPFv3, link-local addresses
+ should be used, using global ones is possible, but it is
+ nonstandard and might be problematic. And definitely,
+ link-local and global addresses should not be mixed.
</descrip>