[Ns-bugs] [Bug 187] Need 'perfect' ARP

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------- Comment #3 from mathieu.lacage at sophia.inria.fr  2008-05-26 12:25 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm curious about the use cases for this.

I think that the main use-case is modelizing a "stable" state where your
devices in the network have filled their resolution tables with valid entries.
I personally think that a better way to modelize this would be to ask users to
force these entries to contain valid entries by sending a bulk of initial ip
packets just for that but it seems that this opinion is not widely shared and I
can see how convenient the "dirty" oracle-like behavior could be.

> Also, when it comes to naming, I prefer to stay away from the heavily
> overloaded term "God"; can I suggest Oracle ARP, or maybe drop the "protocol"
> altogether and call it OAR (Oracle Address Resolution) or PAR
> (Perfect/Precomputed/... Address Resolution)?  

OAR or PAR sounds great to me.


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