[c-nsp] Link Discovery Error

[Lincoln Dale]

On 28/05/2010, at 12:01 AM, Peter Rathlev wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 18:45 +0530, jaikar gupta wrote:
>> Thanks peter but i want to Know MAC-addresses.
> 
> Then you use BRIDGE-MIB for switches, and RFC1213-MIB for routers. :-)
> 
> Disregarding certain special cases a router will only know MAC addresses
> in combination with IP addresses. It does not (usually) bridge just L2
> traffic.

could not have said it better myself. :)

indeed, thats exactly it.  a router doesn't _know_ what is out there L2 wise until someone talks to it.


cheers,

lincoln.