[c-nsp] BFD for static routes

[Peter Rathlev]

I'm a little puzzled here. BFD needs two BFD-speaking routers, right?
It's not enough that one of them can speak BFD, is it? And if a router
speaks BFD it probably also speaks some kind of routing protocol
semi-fluently. Why not use that option instead?

I can see that BFD is a _lot_ more light weight compared to any routing
protocol, but it's local to the specific router unless you redistribute
your static route. And BFD does little more than your link up/down
mechanics, so if you have a direct connection and UDLD it's unecessary.
(Doesn't help for e.g. SONET of course.)

I'm just thinking it'd be a scarcely used feature. Or am I completely
off track here? :-)

Regards,
Peter

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 21:56 +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 03:12:07PM -0500, Phil Bedard wrote:
> > Yeah I was aware of that, but was looking for a lighter weight solution.
> 
> And "more automatic".
> 
> (IOS XR has this?  Way cool!)
> 
> gert
> 
>