Where is the edge of the Internet?

Tue Nov 5 19:08:08 UTC 2002

On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 13:26:04 +0530, alok <alok.dube at apara.com>  said:

> =======> coz the destination network is there..... its still a viable config
> isnt it..incase of assymetric uplinks and downlinks? ......wht stops u from
> "not having a route to the source" as routing  is destination IP based...
> some particular network may be covered with 0.0.0.0/0 for example and you
> may have no routing entry for it... or you could be having a customer who
> uplinks a particular network segment via your ISP, but doesnt advertise his
> network to you as he actually downlinks that network from somewhere
> else...nothing to stop that  topology either.........right?

And if the destination network isn't there, you send the ICMP Net Unreachable
to where?
-- 
				Valdis Kletnieks
				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
				Virginia Tech

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