On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 11:37:48AM +0100, Delio Brignoli wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2013, at 8:35 PM, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> > 
> > I believe it's in order to know that the node is asCapable.. I know at
> > least one switch which will ignore a port unless it receives an announce
> > from it that indicates it's asCapable...
> 
> 
> According to the standard the peer delay messages exchange is used to 
> establish if a peer is asCapable.

Yes, that is true, but still Jacob's example underscores the need to
have a gPTP node always transmit announce messages.

Thanks,
Richard

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