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interface-type (Protocols OSPF)

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Description

Specify the type of interface.

By default, the software chooses the correct interface type based on the type of physical interface. Therefore, you should never have to set the interface type. The exception to this is for NBMA interfaces, which default to an interface type of point-to-multipoint. To have these interfaces explicitly run in Nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA) mode, configure the nbma interface type, using the IP address of the local ATM interface.

In Junos OS Release 9.3 and later, a point-to-point interface can be an Ethernet interface without a subnet.

Default

The software chooses the correct interface type based on the type of physical interface.

Options

nbma (OSPFv2 only)

Nonbroadcast multiaccess (NBMA) interface

p2mp

Point-to-multipoint interface

p2mp-over-lan

Point-to-multipoint over LAN mode

p2p

Point-to-point interface

dead-interval

Dead interval (seconds)

Range: 0 through 65535

demand-circuit

Interface functions as a demand circuit

disable

Disable OSPF on this interface

dynamic-neighbors

Learn neighbors dynamically on a p2mp interface

flood-reduction

Enable flood reduction

hello-interval

Hello interval (seconds)

Range: 0 through 255

ipsec-sa

IPSec security association name

ipv4-adjacency-segment

Configure ipv4 adjacency segment

lan-neighbor

Configuration specific to a LAN neighbor

ldp-synchronization

Advertise maximum metric until LDP is operational

metric

Interface metric

Range: 0 through 65535

mtu

Maximum OSPF packet size

Range: 128 through 65535

neighbor

NBMA neighbor

no-eligible-backup

Not eligible to backup traffic from protected interfaces

no-eligible-remote-backup

Not eligible for Remote-LFA backup traffic from protected interfaces

no-interface-state-traps

Do not send interface state change traps

node-link-protection

Protect interface from both link and node faults

own-router-lsa (OSPFv3 only)

Generate a separate router LSA for this interface

poll-interval

Poll interval for NBMA interfaces

Range: 128 through 65535

priority

Designated router priority

Range: 0 through 255

retransmit-interval

Retransmission interval (seconds)

Range: 1 through 65535

secondary

Treat interface as secondary

strict-bfd

Enable strict bfd over this interface

te-metric

Traffic engineering metric

Range: 1 through 4294967295

transit-delay

Transit delay (seconds)

Range: 1 through 65535

The remaining statements are explained separately. See CLI Explorer.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Release Information

Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

Support for OSPFv3 for interface type p2p only introduced in Junos OS Release 9.4. You cannot configure other interface types for OSPFv3.

Support for OSPFv3 for interface type p2mp is introduced in Junos OS Release 18.1R1.

Support for OSPFv3 for interface type p2p only introduced in Junos OS Release 9.4 for EX Series switches.