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The purpose of this lab is to present the two of the four OSPF network types that you can use with Frame Relay: Point-to-point and Multipoint and some issues you may encounter because mainly, OSPF works differently on each type. Wendell Odom in his book, CCNP Route Official Certification Guide outlined the three important points when using OSPF over Frame Relay which is basically the inspiration of this lab.  To get started, paste the base configuration below for each router: R1 hostname R1 ! interface Loopback0  ip address 10.2.1.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Serial0/0  no ip address  encapsulation frame-relay  no shutdown ! interface Serial0/0.2 point-to-point  ip address 10.2.12.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Serial0/0.3 point-to-point  ip address 10.2.13.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface Serial0/0.45 multipoint  ip address 10.2.145.1 255.255.255.0 ! router ospf 1  log-adjacency-changes  network 10.2.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 0 R2 hostname R2 ! inter...