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[Lorraine de Vere <lorraine@snrc.uow.edu.au>]

I've been reading the drafts describing NARP and NHRP and I had a question
I've been reading the drafts describing NARP and NHRP and I had a question
which I couldn't find the answer to - although I may have missed or 
misunderstood something.

I am wondering if it is possible with NHRP to have the situation where
a NHS is trying to resolve the NBMA address of a destination it doesn't
a NHS is trying to resolve the NBMA address of a destination it doesn't
serve and there are several NHSs to choose between when deciding which NHS 
to forward the NHRP request to.  If so, how does the NHS decide which NHS to 
forward the NHRP request to?

In NARP it states that NASs exchange reachability information with each other
In NARP it states that NASs exchange reachability information with each other
which can then be used to decide which NAS to forward a given NARP request to.
which can then be used to decide which NAS to forward a given NARP request to.
Is the situation similar for NHRP?

Thanks very much

Lorraine de Vere	(lorraine@snrc.uow.edu.au)