Re: ospf point to point network

On 21/06/2019 20:30, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2019-06-21, Kapetanakis Giannis <bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can I get an update if point to point network support has been added in ospfd?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> G
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19/12/2014 12:54, Kapetanakis Giannis wrote:
>>> On 18/12/14 22:38, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>>>> On 2014-12-17, Kapetanakis Giannis <bilias@edu.physics.uoc.gr> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to ask if point-to-point support has been added in ospfd.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've read this
>>>>> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=136580208222751&w=2
>>>>>
>>>>> but I cant seem to find relevant entries in the source tree so probably
>>>>> is still out?
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Giannis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> No, diff didn't work so it wasn't added.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the update.
>>>
>>> G
>>>
>>
> Nothing changed in that respect. (For the benefit of the archives and
> readers unfamiliar with the situation, point to point works fine on
> a point-to-point interface, this is about ospfd pretending that an
> ethernet interface is "point to point").
>
> That is likely something that would be added to release notes if
> it was added.
>
>

Thanks for the reply Stuart.

Is there any "hack" I can do with all those pseudo-interfaces available
in OB to full ospfd and do p2p?

For instance ifconfig(8) has ptp options for bridge.

A fellow reader of misc@ proposed gif(4), but my other end is a cisco
router.

best,

G