nerdexam
Cisco

352-001 · Question #328

You are redesigning an OSPF v2 network and must migrate some links. You are concerned that there are different subnet masks. Which two link types will still form an OSPF adjacency even if there are su

The correct answer is A. virtual E. point-to-point. Point-to-point and virtual OSPF link types do not verify subnet masks during neighbor formation, allowing adjacency to form despite mask mismatches.

Layer 3 Control Plane

Question

You are redesigning an OSPF v2 network and must migrate some links. You are concerned that there are different subnet masks. Which two link types will still form an OSPF adjacency even if there are subnet mask mismatches? (Choose two.)

Options

  • Avirtual
  • Bbroadcast
  • Cpoint-to-multipoint
  • Dnon-broadcast
  • Epoint-to-point

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    72% (18)
  • B
    16% (4)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    8% (2)

Why each option

Point-to-point and virtual OSPF link types do not verify subnet masks during neighbor formation, allowing adjacency to form despite mask mismatches.

AvirtualCorrect

Virtual links in OSPF are treated internally as unnumbered point-to-point connections, and the subnet mask field in hello packets is not validated during adjacency setup. This allows virtual link neighbors to form adjacency regardless of subnet mask differences.

Bbroadcast

Broadcast OSPF links require subnet mask agreement in hello packets, and a mismatch causes the neighbor relationship to fail.

Cpoint-to-multipoint

Point-to-multipoint links do perform subnet mask validation during OSPF neighbor formation, so mismatched masks prevent adjacency.

Dnon-broadcast

Non-broadcast (NBMA) OSPF link types include and verify the subnet mask in hello packets, preventing adjacency when masks do not match.

Epoint-to-pointCorrect

On point-to-point OSPF link types, the subnet mask transmitted in hello packets is not checked against the receiving router's configured mask, so a mismatch does not prevent adjacency. This behavior supports unnumbered links and other configurations where addresses may not share a common prefix.

Concept tested: OSPFv2 subnet mask checks by network type

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ip/open-shortest-path-first-ospf/7039-1.html

Topics

#OSPF adjacency#subnet mask mismatch#point-to-point#virtual link

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full 352-001 Practice