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successful registration with the new Home Agent, the mobile router attempts to deregister from
the old Home Agent so that the old Home Agent can withdraw the redistributed mobile network
routes from the IGP. At this point, the IGP must converge before the forwarding path is
optimized. While the IGP is reconverging, packets can bounce around the network following
stale routes. In some cases, these packets can be lost.
With priority Home Agents, the Home Address of the mobile router must also not be used. The
same Home Network needs to be configured on all Home Agents. However, you cannot make
the Home Address reachable ...