A device , comprising: one or more processors configured to: transmit, to one or more network devices of a portion of a network , information indicating that the device is configured to perform a static designated forwarder election procedure; determine, from one or more messages received from the one or more network devices which indicate whether the one or more network devices are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, whether each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure; and selectively enable a static designated forwarder configuration or a dynamic designated forwarder configuration of the device based on determining whether each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, the static designated forwarder configuration being enabled when determining that each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, and the dynamic designated forwarder configuration of the device being enabled when determining that one of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network is not configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure. transmit, to one or more network devices of a portion of a network , information indicating that the device is configured to perform a static designated forwarder election procedure; determine, from one or more messages received from the one or more network devices which indicate whether the one or more network devices are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, whether each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure; and selectively enable a static designated forwarder configuration or a dynamic designated forwarder configuration of the device based on determining whether each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, the static designated forwarder configuration being enabled when determining that each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, and the dynamic designated forwarder configuration of the device being enabled when determining that one of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network is not configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure. the static designated forwarder configuration being enabled when determining that each of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network are configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure, and the dynamic designated forwarder configuration of the device being enabled when determining that one of the one or more network devices of the portion of the network is not configured to perform the static designated forwarder election procedure. <EOS>