Re: Host Addressing Conventions [addr-conv 2.8]

Paul Francis--formerly Tsuchiya <francis@thumper.bellcore.com> Tue, 15 June 1993 17:25 UTC

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From: Paul Francis--formerly Tsuchiya <francis@thumper.bellcore.com>
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To: Garrett.Wollman@uvm.edu, francis@thumper.bellcore.com
Subject: Re: Host Addressing Conventions [addr-conv 2.8]
Cc: pip@thumper.bellcore.com

>  
>  > We are already implementing router discovery.  Maybe we should take
>  > a look at it to see what needs to be done to make it full ESIS.....
>  
>  Paul....
>  
>  I thought about this last night (while watching the evening news), and
>  I've got a spec that I'll try to flesh out and send to the list
>  sometime today.  It's not completely like ESIS, but it's recognizably
>  similar.
>  

Is it an adjunct to router discovery?  I would like to minimize
overlap with router discover.....

Also, we are tying router discovery with auto host config (we'll
demo this in Amsterdam).  I'm not sure if our how this matters,
but I thought I'd throw it out.....

PX