[Csci551-talk] can we send the neighbour ip addresses to a router

John Heidemann johnh at ISI.EDU
Sat Mar 20 17:22:49 PST 2004


On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:38:42 PST, amit pande wrote: 
>hi,
>can we send the neighbour ip addresses from the manager to the router(when we 
>are sending the udp port info)?
>since an ls_msg doesnt contain the senders ip address, a router has no way to 
>know neighbours ip address, unless manager tells it? or i am missing some point?
>amit

If you do extend the information you send, you need to document what
you do and why in the README file.

BUT... why do you need to send neighbor IP addresses?  Can't you
discover that info in the first LS announcement you hear from them?

   -John Heidemann


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