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Question in Host Address FEC Element encoding

  • From: "chetan kumar s" <chetan.kumar@wipro.com>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:35:25 +0530 (IST)
  • cc: mpls@UU.NET

On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Gangadharan Ramakrishnan wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm following the rfc3036(LDP Specification) for encoding and decoding of 
> LDP messages. I found a problem in the specification encoding the Host 
> Address FEC Element. The specification says that the PDU filed for Host Addr 
> is more than 32 bits in a diagram and it says it is an address encoded 
> according to the address family.
> 
> I want to know the exact number of bytes/bits for this field. If it is an IP 

Hi,
As mentioned in the RFC this depends on address family, = 32 for IPv4 and
= 128 for IPv6

Thanks
Chetan S