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Ref: Your note of Sun, 15 Oct 95 14:37:18 PDT

> Folks,
> Current NHRP spec allows for multiple next-hop IP address entries
> in NHRP Reply. Could anyone provide some practical examples where
> this feature would be useful ?
> Yakov.

Another use is multiple equal cost routes when using the "destination
prefix extension".

I would prefer this feature (multiple next-hop entries) be moved from
the mandatory part to the extension part (an optional extension).

-- Russell

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