Re: Detecting router id change in p2p-over-lan connection

[Acee Lindem <acee at CISCO.COM>]

Hi Kalyan,

Kalyan Bade wrote:

> Hi Acee,
>
>  
>
> > As Dave points out, a point-to-point network is explicitly defined as
> >    
> a
>  
>
> > connection between
> > a single pair of routers. Also, RFC 2328 dictates that router-id be
> >    
> used
>  
>
> > to identify neighbors
> > on point-to-point links. Hence, what
> > draft-ietf-isis-igp-p2p-over-lan-05.txt is recommending
> > is to take the path of least resistance and handle router-id changes
> >    
> by
>  
>
> > letting the current
> > adjacency time out before forming a new one. 
> >    
>
> This might not work if the interface is defined as demand circuit.
>  
Good point - We're in the process of discussing whether this behavior 
should be in the
draft. Possibly, handling detection of a router-id change on a P2P over 
LAN link
differently than a normal P2P link may be a bad idea.

Thanks,
Acee

> Thanks,
> Kalyan.
>
>