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[Fong Liaw <FLiaw@zaffire.com>]

Yap. It helped.  I assume there is real life
situation that needs it :-) Thanks.

Regards,
-Fong

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Kireeti Kompella [mailto:kireeti@juniper.net]
>  Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 6:13 PM
>  To: dsaha@tellium.com; FLiaw@zaffire.com; kireeti@juniper.net;
>  yakov@cisco.com
>  Cc: mpls@UU.NET
>  Subject: RE: Link Bundling
>  
>  
>  Hi Fong,
>  
>  > On the topic of addresses. I can not figure out
>  > how to advertise different addresses for the case of 
>  > "various components may be numbered differently". 
>  
>  The draft says:
>  
>     Component links may be unnumbered, or the various component links
>     may be numbered differently, or all components links may be
>     numbered identically.  In the first two cases, the bundled link
>     is unnumbered by default;
>  
>  So, if the *components* are numbered differently, the *bundle* is
>  unnumbered.  This can of course be overridden by configuration.
>  
>  > Do component numbers need to be advertised ? if no, 
>  > what's the purpose of numbering, if yes, how to advertise. 
>  
>  Component addresses will not be advertised for *TE* -- that's what
>  the bundle is for.
>  
>  How could this situation occur?  Perhaps it is desired for IP
>  forwarding and regular SPF that each component link is numbered
>  differently from other components; but for TE, a single bundle
>  is desired to reduce link state.
>  
>  > Can you elaborate ?
>  
>  I tried :-)  Let me know if it helped ....
>  
>  Kireeti.
>