Question 650
At the Foothill municipal site, a point-to-point circuit is modeled as broadcast on one OSPF side and point-to-point on the other, producing inconsistent neighbor behavior. Which continuing operational control is most directly relevant to preventing this problem?
Explanation
Correct Answer
At the Foothill municipal site, this continuing check directly limits recurrence of the observed failure. Record intended OSPF network types for each WAN medium and verify at turn-up. The underlying problem is: Different OSPF network-type expectations lead to inconsistent adjacency and DR behavior.
Incorrect Answers
This would manage a different failure pattern. NSSA external routes use type-7 LSAs internally and depend on translation for normal areas. It is not the most direct recurring check for ospf dr network-type mismatch at the Foothill municipal site.
That safeguard protects against ospf authentication mismatch, not the concrete risk described at the Foothill municipal site. Different OSPF network-type expectations lead to inconsistent adjacency and DR behavior.
This would manage a different failure pattern. A virtual link cannot use a stub area as its transit area to repair backbone connectivity. It is not the most direct recurring check for ospf dr network-type mismatch at the Foothill municipal site.