[rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links

[Eric Gray]

Joe,

	While what Silvano says about bridges not (typically) being
addressed by MAC address is true, and it is even more likely to be
true for neighbor to neighbor communications, I agree that this is
a general problem.

	I can hardly believe that this is the only example ever to
come up of a layer-2 forwarding device wanting to have direct -
neighbor to neighbor - protocol exchanges.

--
Eric Gray
Principal Engineer
Ericsson  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rbridge-bounces at postel.org 
> [mailto:rbridge-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Joe Touch
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 1:48 AM
> To: Silvano Gai
> Cc: Rbridge at postel.org; Caitlin Bestler
> Subject: Re: [rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links
> 
> * PGP Signed: 10/04/2007 at 07:47:58 AM
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> * Joe Touch <touch at isi.edu>
> * 0x89A766BB (L)
> 
>