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ARP and NHRP question

  • From: Andrew Smith <asmith@baynetworks.com>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Dec 95 13:36:22 PST
  • Cc: ip-atm@matmos.hpl.hp.com, rolc@nexen.com
  • X-Orig-Sender: owner-rolc@nexen.com

> From laubach@terra.com21.com Sat Dec  2 12:59:54 1995
> Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 13:11:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Mark Laubach <laubach@terra.com21.com>
> To: Juha Heinanen <jh@lohi.dat.tele.fi>
> Cc: carlm@fore.com, asmith@BayNetworks.COM, bryang@eng.adaptec.com,
>         ip-atm@matmos.hpl.hp.com, rolc@nexen.com, carlm@fore.com
> Subject: Re: ARP and NHRP question

Mark,

> The next step of anything we do in a step-by-step
> process requires the support of existing implementations and will still
> require atmarp code in the client.  

What you propose is just one way of providing a transition plan. An equally 
valid plan would deploy multi-protocol support in the servers and only a
single protocol in the clients.

> Granted, that we decided to aim
> towards NHRP at the Danver's meeting - it is just that it takes two steps
> to get there, not one. 

It only requires one step in the clients - that is the important issue here.

> Mark

Andrew


P.S. I apologise for not attending the IETF meetings - other commitments preclude.


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