On Oct 15, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Robert Raszuk wrote: > RID for many reasons (for example mpls-te) is hard configured in link state > IGPs. > > Worse - some vendors - do base on this their very cool hack to forward v6 > traffic over v4 TE LSPs.
We appear to have a fundamental "you're on a misconfigured wavelength" problem. How many routers do you find using traffic-engineered MPLS LSPs within people's homes? How much do you find "hard configured" in a "zero configuration" environment? Earth to Robert... > So I think statement that router has to change it's RID is operationally non > starter. If the router, operating in a zero configuration environment and concocting its RID from some form of random process starting from an equipment differentiable seed, finds that its RID duplicates another router's RID, it has three choices. It can - not change it and screw up the network, which creates an unhappy customer and probably blows the entire margin in the router on a customer support call. - not change it and effectively brick itself, which creates an unhappy customer and probably blows the entire margin in the router on a customer support call. - change the router id, making the network work as the customer expects, resulting in a happy customer and the margin staying in the vendor's pocket. Pick one. _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
