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Question 372

Refer to the exhibit. Which action establishes the OSPF neighbor relationship without forming an adjacency?

    Correct Answer: D

    The correct action that establishes the OSPF neighbor relationship without forming an adjacency is to modify the network type. When the network type is mismatched between two OSPF routers, they can establish a neighbor relationship but will not necessarily form an adjacency. This is because OSPF network types dictate whether a designated router (DR) or backup designated router (BDR) is used, and mismatched types can cause the routers to have differing expectations about the LSA exchanges. This condition can lead to the routers becoming neighbors but not proceeding to full adjacency. This phenomenon is more closely aligned with the behavior described in the question.

Discussion
nebolala1

I hate this

ismatdmour

Agree. Missing information and improper wording. See my other comment

anonymous1966Option: D

Correct is D Pay attention to the statement: "establishes the OSPF neighbor relationship without forming an adjacency" This two conditions (1) NO Neighbor Missing AND (2) no adjacency occurs only in two situations: 1) Neighboring interfaces with MTU mismatch. 2) Neighboring interfaces with OSPF network type mismatch https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/ccna-200-301-official/9780136755562/vol1_ch21.xhtml

iGlitch

According to OCG Volume 1 Chapter 21 page 515 : "Interestingly, if you misconfigure network type settings such that one router uses broadcast, and the other uses point-to-point, the following occurs: ■ The two routers become fully adjacent neighbors (that is, they reach a full state). ■ They exchange their LSDBs. ■ They do not add IP routes to the IP routing table. The reason for not adding the routes has to do with the details of LSAs and how the use of a DR (or not) changes those LSAs. Basically, the two routers expect different details in the LSAs, and the SPF algorithm notices those differences and cannot trust the LSAs because of those differences." So D cannot be the correct answer.

Murphy2022Option: A

I have rebuild this on real switches and A is the correct answer. When you modify the hello timer on R2 to 10 the output is: Neighbour Count is 1, Adjacent neighbour count is 0

RougePotatoe

That's funny I did mismatched network types and one side is Neighbor 1 Adjacent 1 while the other is Neighbor 1 Adjacent 0. When I configured mis-matched timers it didn't event list any neighbors.

liviumlOption: C

NOT possible - NO right answered if we get all request conditions. First of all, "B. modify process ID" has nothing to do with relationship between devices, is internal. To establishes the OSPF neighbor relationship we need to change timers to be the same. No matter if routers are in Broadcast or P2P, they cannot become neighbors if timers are not the same (even the Hello packets are transmitted, they will be ignored). With presented settings if we adjust timers the routers will form ADJACENCY (again no matter if network types are Broadcast or P2P). The only way to force routers to not form adjacency is to change PRIORITY to 0. In this way the routers will not become DR/BDR and will remain both DROTHERs (Neighbor Count is 1, Adjacent neighbor count is 0). They will continue to send Hello messages, will be neighbors, but never achieve adjacency. So, regarding the question there are 2 necessary actions to take to fulfill the request: changing timers to be the same & priority 0. With only one action is impossible. Tested all variants in PT. Regards to the person who invented this impossible question/situation,

[Removed]Option: A

Question's Answer: Choosing answer A (modify hello interval) will cause R1 and R2 to successfully get to the 2-WAY OSPF neighbor relationship state but R1 and R2 will not become adjacent neighbors. Because R4 and R3 have the highest and second highest OSPF Router-IDs (192.168.1.4 and 192.168.1.3), they will become the DR and BDR. R1 will form full adjacencies with both the DR and BDR. https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/question/0D56e0000CfMTBnCQO/which-action-establishes-the-ospf-neighbor-relationship-without-forming-an-adjacency?t=1683708512442

matass_md

Hello guys, read this article for a clear expanded answer to this question : https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/question/0D56e0000CfMTBnCQO/which-action-establishes-the-ospf-neighbor-relationship-without-forming-an-adjacency

allyouOption: D

D is correct

SeMo0o0oOption: A

A is correct

thinqtanklearningDOTcomOption: C

In my opinion - establishes the neighbor relationship without forming an adjacency could be two things. 1. MTU mismatch allows the routers to move past the two-way state but gets stuck in the EXSTART state. This is an ERROR condition. So I go with 2. setting the priority on two routers to 0 allows the routers to maintain a two-way state (non-error condition) but not move to the full state (DROTHERs).

aklasOption: A

It's A, because if you modify the network type from Broadcast, you are guaranteeing they will be adjacent. In OSPF, two routers become adjacent in only two scenarios: 1) At least one of them is a DR or BDR in a broadcast network, OR 2) It is a point-to-point or multi-access network. So if we change the network type here, we are guaranteeing #2.

CertBusterOption: A

Okay; there's a lot of ambiguity in the comments. The bottom line is that it *has* to be A for the simple reason that the only way for a neighbor relationship to be established at all is if the hello timers match. The question asks "Which action establishes the OSPF neighbor relationship without forming an adjacency?" If you don't change the hello interval to match, there are no other situations under which the neighbor relationship will form. It's badly written but the answer is certainly A, as "OSPF requires that both hello and dead timers be identical for all routers on the segment to become OSPF neighbors." https://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=2294214

Mattschwim

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oatmealturkeyOption: A

I've gone back and forth on this question, but I have to finally go with A. If you change the network type, the Hello and Dead Interval timers still will not match, so a neighbor relationship still will not form. So A is the only possible answer (assuming that if you change the Hello timer, IOS automatically makes the Dead Interval timer 4 times that of the Hello timer, can anyone confirm that?). I don't really know WHY it's A, because why then would they not reach full adjacency? I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that one router interface does not display any "attached" statement ("Attached via network statement", "Attached via interface enable")? I have no idea....

networkin

Ok. I'll take a swing at this. The question should have been "Which TWO actions establish..". Then it would have made perfect sense! A & D.

Sal34Option: D

Answer is D. From the perspective of OSPF, there are a couple of things that must match for an OSPF neighborship to establish; these include: 1. The devices must be in the same area. 2. The devices must have the same authentication configuration. 3. The devices must be on the same subnet. 4. The devices hello and dead intervals must match. 5. The devices must have matching stub flags. But the question is asking about OSPF neighborship without forming adjacencies. The OSPF point-to-point and point-to-multipoint nonbroadcast networks require statically defined neighbor statements without forming DR/BDR adjacencies.

ar2Option: A

A https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/ospf-neighbor-v-ospf-adjacency/td-p/1576785#:~:text=An%20OSPF%20adjacency%20is%20formed,routing%20updates%20from%20the%20DR.

jahinchains

https://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=2294214 spend time reading this one and you will know the best answer

PaddyInNZ

Rubbish. I read this (and used to know it all when I had CCNP). This article is interesting, but essentially a waste of time My observation is that the question is a crock.