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[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

> > 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.

"fewer VCs required on the ATM network"?

Is it a so infamous multipoint-to-point cell-relay hype?

Or, are you suggesting to use packet relay and lose all the merit,
IF ANY, of cell-relaying architecture? But, then, what "if it stays
at the ATM layer" means?

BTW, the more intermediate routers you skip, the more VCs you
need to connect to distant routers. The number of VC grows
exponentially to the number of skipped routers.

						Masataka Ohta