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Address Message in LDP

  • From: Bob Thomas <rhthomas@cisco.com>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 08:54:59 -0400
  • cc: mpls@UU.NET

Santosh,

>     In draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-06.txt, there is an Address Message and =
> Address Withdraw Message. I am not able to figure out what purpose does =
> it serve. In the Hello packet that an LSR sends, it can send the =
> Interface IP Address optionally. If it doesnt send then the receiving =
> LSR can make out when it receives from the particular socket. And what =
> do we gain if an LSR advertizes IP Addresses of other interfaces also ? =
> The connection between 2 LSRs is anyway thru some particular interface =
> and knowing the IP Address of other interfaces will be of no use.

See Section "LDP Identifiers and Next Hop Addresses".

Bob