Point-to-point interfaces are used in serial communication.
These types of connections are assumed to transmit solely to the
station at the opposite end. The examples of Point-to-point are
EIA/TIA 232, EIA/TIA 449, X.25, Frame Relay, T-carrier, and OC3 -
OC192.
simply: 1 source port to 1 destination port
Point-to-multipoint connects one station to several other
stations. Point-to-multipoint are of two types •
Point-to-multipoint Non-Broadcast • Point-to-multipoint Broadcast
In Point-to-multipoint Non-broadcast, the communication is
replicated to all the remote stations. Only specific, selected
stations hear the replicated communication. The examples are Frame
Relay and ATM.
simply: 1 source port to multiple destination ports