[rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links

Joe Touch touch at ISI.EDU
Wed Oct 3 22:47:58 PDT 2007



Silvano Gai wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> Nobody is asking "to specify a new, non-ethernet link layer."
> 
> We are just asking to have a reserved MAC address that means "the other
> end of the link".
> 
> The frame is still 100% compliant with Ethernet.

If regular ethernet and regular bridges don't need this, why do rbridges?

(bridges are already connected by such pt-pt links)

Joe

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