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[Koichi Horikawa <horikawa@nwk.cl.nec.co.jp>]

Hi IONers,

Andrew G. Malis wirtes:
[...]
> Seriously, NHRP is not confined to use in the public arena - as Ross
> pointed out, it can also be used in private corporate nets, where the
> net owner would (I'm sure) be happy to replace multiple hops across
> the ATM network with only one, and eliminate unnecessary router hops -
> it's less load on the routers, fewer VCs required on the ATM network,
> and it's far easier to support any QoS requirements for the traffic
> flow if it stays at the ATM layer (even WITH int-serv and RSVP in the
> routers).
[...]

I think so, too.

If those who think of NHRP negatively understood NHRP spec correctly,
they would never say that NHRP was not useful. :-)

Thanks
Koichi
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                           Koichi Horikawa
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