Re: FW: DT's review of draft-ietf-tewg-mib-06.txt

[David Charlap <David.Charlap@marconi.com>]

Kireeti Kompella wrote:
> > > If you give me a list of criteria for what constitutes an interface,
> > > I can try to say how TE tunnels differ.
> >
> > The simplest criteria I can describe would be:
> > 1) If an IP address can be assigned to it, then it's an interface.
>
> I can assign an IP address to a router (router ID).  Does that make
> routers interface?

In order for a router ID to be a reachable address, most platforms will 
require tat address to be associated with an interface (even if it is a 
loopback interface.)

-- David