Re: ARP and NHRP question

[James Watt <[e-mail]>]

Tim Salo writes:
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|> My observation would be that I would prefer the complexity to be in the
|> server, not all of the clients.
|
|I strongly agree.
|
|> I would suggest that if the client speaks NHRP, it should always do so.  If
|> the NHRP server doesn't provide an answer (doesn't have one, doesn't want
|> to, etc.) then the client should ATMARP.
|
|I would like to see the client implement a single protocol for 
|address/next hop resolution both within a LIS and across LIS boundries.
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Me too. In a message which crossed, I noted I should have not written the
second sentence.

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|> This would suggest that most NHRP servers should also be ATMARP servers and
|> thus be able to answer all questions with one request, not two.
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|I think that we should ensure that NHRP servers always have complete
|information, so that an ATMARP request after an unsuccessful NHRP query
|is not needed.
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Yes - that is what I intended (but then I went and messed it up).

Regards,
-james

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