Hi, > Your understanding is not quite correct. There is no broadcast when a node > registers with the supernode. But edge nodes send gratuitous ARP which is the > broadcast you see. This could be easily disabled but it doesn't solve the > problem. Whenever an ethernet broadcast packet (eg. ARP who-has) is sent this > is broadcast to all edge nodes. The sending edge will be seen by all other > nodes and they will try to register with it at this time.
ok... broadcast was bad choice of word. I meant, when a edge node register to supernode what happens next? My guess was that supernode "tells" everyone about the new edge, is this correct? Now about the broadcast... when a node send a ARP who-has, who replies to sender? the edge node who has the awnser or the supernode awnser, since he knows who has? > The registration process could possibly be more selective but at the cost of > reliability. We would need to be very careful with the design. of course.. this is why i´m trying to understand the design :-) -- Christian Lyra PoP-PR/RNP _______________________________________________ Ntop-dev mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-dev
