Re: MARS last call: packet formats

Andrew Smith <asmith@baynetworks.com> Sat, 04 November 1995 00:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: MARS last call: packet formats
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> From atmpost@matmos.hpl.hp.com Fri Nov  3 16:05:14 1995
> From: James Watt <james@ca.newbridge.com>
> Subject: Re: MARS last call: packet formats
> To: ip-atm@matmos.hpl.hp.com, rolc@nexen.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 18:46:25 -0500 (EST)

James,

> Andrew Smith (provocatively) wrote:
> +---------
> |>>Since we are in last call, can someone just summarise for the
> |>>list the arguments that lead to MARS extending the control packet 
> |>>formats from ATM-ARP in RFC 1577, rather than those proposed for use in 
> |>>NHRP.
> +---------
...
> (*) As a gross over-simplification, in both cases the client says "please
> Mr. Server, tell me what NBMA destinations should receive packets with this
> destination."

One could also observe that LANE (and presumably LANEv2) requests 
for MAC->ATM addresses fall into this same categorisation. And some MPOA
requests are likely to as well ....


Andrew

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