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- Subject: Re: HELP: Decnet Phase-IV routing
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- Date: 6 Nov 92 17:51:33 GMT
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- In article <jjr.720993680@gw.alantec.com>, jjr@alantec.com (Janardan Ramesh) writes:
- > I am in the process of implementing DECNET phase-IV routing. When a node is
- > configured as a level 2 router, it is necessary to assign a different node ID
- > for each area the router is connected to? Should the router maintain a
- > different routing data base for each area? These concepts have not been
- > addressed clearly in the routing specification.
- >
- > The configuration I was referring to, is shown below:
- >
- >
- > --------------------------- (area 1)
- > |
- > -------------------
- > | Router |
- > -------------------
- > |
- > --------------------------- (area 2)
-
-
- Sorry, but this configuration won't work. You must have an area router in each
- area and they must be connected. So you end up with:
-
-
- --------------------------- (area 1)
- |
- -------------------
- | Router (1.x) |
- -------------------
- |
- -------------------
- | Router (2.x) |
- -------------------
- |
- --------------------------- (area 2)
-
- Of course, each area router may connect with more than one other area.
-
- The node number portion of the address of the router is not significant unless
- there are more than one path between areas with identical cost. In that case
- the router with the highest address will be used. Please note that this can
- easily result in asymetrical routes if you don't assign addresses correctly.
-
- Also, unlike IP, DECnet assigns addresses to nodes, not interfaces.
-
- I'm not clear on just what you mean by "routing data base". The routing data
- base is built by the routers. You don't maintain anything. If you mean the
- database of node names to addresses, you normally have only one unless you are
- doing something unusual. All nodes should copy this single database to their
- own systems on a regular basis.
-
- But this data base is only for human interface. Routing makes no use of it nor
- does any part of DECnet except the user interface and the odd case of "poor
- man's routing" (PMR).
-
- R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Internet: koberman@llnl.gov (510) 422-6955
-
- Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
- and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
-