29 Jul
2020
29 Jul
'20
3:54 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 at 18:51, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
In reality, next hop isn’t really a layer 3 address. The layer 3 address is a stand-in that is resolved to a layer 2 address for forwarding. The layer 3 next-hop address never makes it into the packet.
I wish you had shared in the draft process so they could have benefitted from your insight into the proper verbiage. -- ++ytti