Re: ARP and NHRP question

James Watt <james@ca.newbridge.com> Mon, 27 November 1995 22:28 UTC

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From: James Watt <james@ca.newbridge.com>
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Subject: Re: ARP and NHRP question
To: "Eric W. Gray" <gray@ctron.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 17:04:02 -0500 (EST)
Cc: salo@msc.edu, ip-atm@matmos.hpl.hp.com, rolc@nexen.com
In-Reply-To: <30BA234B.2781@ctron.com> from "Eric W. Gray" at Nov 27, 95 03:44:59 pm
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Eric W. Gray writes:
+------------
|Here's where I get confused; if you really want the server to be the complex
|one and the client to always use one protocol, then don't you want the NHRP
|server to do the ATMARP (on behalf of the client) so that it can return an
|answer using NHRP?
+----------
Yes, although it would probably be more simple for the NHRP server to _be_
the ATMARP server...

Regards,
-james

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