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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hello everyone,<BR>
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As far as I understood, according to:<BR>
<A HREF="http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/misc/local-prefix-discovery.html">http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/misc/local-prefix-discovery.html</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/manpages/ndn-autoconfig.htm">http://named-data.net/doc/NFD/current/manpages/ndn-autoconfig.htm</A><BR>
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When I run ndn-autoconfig, NFD will send an interest to /localhop/ndn-autoconf/hub over a multicast face. After that assuming there is some autoconfig server behind one of the node's multiaccess faces, the node receives a data packet including the face uri of a localhub. Then after registering /localhop/ prefix on the very face that it has got from the localhub, the node will again send an interest this time for /localhop/nfd/rib/routable-prefixes and awaits for a data packet including some prefixes which it(interest sender application) can register for publishing data. If I'm wrong some where, please correct me.<BR>
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Right now I have these two multiaccess faces:<BR>
-udp4://224.0.23.170:56363<BR>
-ether://[01:00:5e:00:17:aa]<BR>
I know the former is IANA assigned, but I don't know the latter. My question are:<BR>
1- The reason my machine's NFD is not receiving anything form 224.0.23.170 is that this IP is not globally routable, and I don't have any autoconfig server in my local network having this IP and being up and running. Right?<BR>
2- What is the second one? I've checked my host machine's virtual NICs(NFD is on a VM). It's not any of their MACs.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Sabet<BR>
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