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RSVP

  • From: David Charlap <David.Charlap@marconi.com>
  • Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 11:52:22 -0500
  • CC: "Gopinath G - CTD, Chennai." <gopinathg@ctd.hcltech.com>, mpls@UU.NET, rsvp@ISI.EDU

"Gopal@Home" wrote:
> 
> There is a new extension, 'Hello message'(rfc3209) which helps to
> recognize the presence or failure of the rsvp neighbor. This is
> optional and not mandatory for Rsvp/Te.

RSVP-Hello is not a discovery mechanism.  It can only be used for
failure detection.

Hellos are sent to a neighbor router's address, not a broadcast
address.  Therefore, you must already know who your neighbor is before
you can send a Hello to him.

-- David