Arps and grat arps was (RE: tsv-dir review of draft-ietf-vrrp-unified-spec-02.txt)

 

> Section 8.1.2:
> 
>    "When a VRRP router restarts or boots, it SHOULD not send any ARP
>    messages with its physical MAC address for the IPv4 
> address it owns,
>    it should only send ARP messages that include Virtual MAC 
> addresses."
> 
> How do you ssh to the physical router, if you're not sure 
> which router you'll actually reach?  Does this require a 
> separate IPv4 address?
> 
>       "When configuring an interface, VRRP routers should broadcast a
>       gratuitous ARP request containing the virtual router MAC address
>       for each IPv4 address on that interface."
> 
> Surely a VRRP router only does this when becoming the master?
> Otherwise backup routers can cause traffic to be blackholed 
> when their interface is configured.  Similar text appears in 8.2.2.

Hi Mark, 

Regards 1st point, good qn. I would like to hear WG comments please. 

Regards 2nd point, yes, when master.  I can clarify text. 

Thanks,
Steve 


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