Subject: RE: Hello protocol in rsvp-lsp-tunnel-09.txt

From: "Arvind, K" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:01:39 -0500

Joe:

  One approach would be to initiate the Hello protocol as soon as a
neighbor's IP address is learned via other means, e.g., from a received RSVP
message. 

Regards,
Arvind.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joe Dumont [SMTP:[email-masked]]
> Sent:	Monday, November 12, 2001 10:43 PM
> To:	[email-masked]
> Subject:	Hello protocol in rsvp-lsp-tunnel-09.txt
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I read draft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-lsp-tunnel-09.txt and
> was wondering how the Hello protocol would be implemented.
> Specifically, if the ip address of the neighbor node(s) is
> (are) unknown, how do we get that address to establish the
> initial Hello "connectivity"?  Is this message issued on a 
> well-known broadcast address?
> 
> thanks in advance...
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
>