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A Cisco engineer notices that two OSPF neighbors are connected using a crossover Ethernet cable. The neighbors are taking too long to become fully adjacent. Which command must be issued under the inte

The correct answer is D. ip ospf network point-to-point. To reduce OSPF adjacency time for two routers connected via a crossover cable, configure the interface as a point-to-point network type to eliminate DR/BDR election.

Submitted by layla.eg· Mar 5, 2026NOT_PROVIDED

Question

A Cisco engineer notices that two OSPF neighbors are connected using a crossover Ethernet cable. The neighbors are taking too long to become fully adjacent. Which command must be issued under the interface configuration on each router to reduce the time required for the adjacency to reach the FULL state?

Options

  • Aip ospf dead-interval 40
  • Bip ospf network broadcast
  • Cip ospf priority 0
  • Dip ospf network point-to-point

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Why each option

To reduce OSPF adjacency time for two routers connected via a crossover cable, configure the interface as a point-to-point network type to eliminate DR/BDR election.

Aip ospf dead-interval 40

`ip ospf dead-interval 40` adjusts the dead timer, which affects how long a neighbor is considered down, but does not inherently speed up the initial adjacency formation process.

Bip ospf network broadcast

`ip ospf network broadcast` is the default for Ethernet and requires DR/BDR election, which slows down adjacency for a two-router link.

Cip ospf priority 0

`ip ospf priority 0` makes a router ineligible to become DR/BDR but does not eliminate the DR/BDR election process, thus not significantly speeding up initial adjacency for a two-router link.

Dip ospf network point-to-pointCorrect

Configuring `ip ospf network point-to-point` on an interface directly connected to another OSPF router tells OSPF to treat the link as a dedicated point-to-point connection. This bypasses the DR/BDR election process, which is unnecessary and time-consuming for two directly connected routers, simplifying and speeding up adjacency formation.

Concept tested: OSPF network types and adjacency optimization

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_ospf/configuration/15-s/iro-15-s-book/iro-cfg-ospf.html#GUID-E1A0F499-5C29-4113-B488-825027551061

Topics

#OSPF adjacency#OSPF network types#OSPF configuration

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