[rbridge] it's time to summarize things

[Gray, Eric]

Joe,

	Taking things too litterally - so as to make them seem
ridiculous - is an argument style, not a communication skill.
Are we arguing to a purpose, or are we trying to communicate?

	The phrase "like being a router" is a very far cry from 
"being exactly like a router", and the phrase "the destination 
is a layer 2 address rather than an IP address" implies a lot 
of things about the differences between a router and an RBridge.

--
Eric

--> Routers do NOT propagate broadcasts at either L2 or L3.
--> 
--> So being an rbridge breaks broadcast, so ARP, DHCP, etc. won't work.
--> 
--> Joe
-->
--> Gray, Eric wrote:
--> Radia,
-->  
--> 	Very well put.
--> 
--> --> Being an RBridge is really like being a router, but the
--> --> destination is a layer 2 address rather than an IP address.
--> --> 
--> --> Radia
--> --> 
--> 
--> --
--> Eric
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--> [mailto:rbridge-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Joe Touch
--> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:08 AM
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