[rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links

[Eastlake III Donald-LDE008]

Hi Caitlin,

It is my understanding that some IETF routing protocols do have special
provisions for "un-numbered links" but by that they mean that IP
addresses are not allocated for the ends of the links. This is a
precedent for not allocating layer-N addresses for a layer-N protocol on
a layer-N-point-to-point link, although in this case N=3.

Layer-3 routing protocols generally aren't concerned with layer-2
addresses or even what layer-2 protocol is running on the link...

Donald

-----Original Message-----
From: rbridge-bounces at postel.org [mailto:rbridge-bounces at postel.org] On
Behalf Of Caitlin Bestler
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:58 PM
To: Silvano Gai; Eric Gray; Joe Touch
Cc: Rbridge at postel.org
Subject: Re: [rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links

Why wouldn't a "other end of the link" reserved MAC address be
just as applicable for core Routers that are directly connected
to each other point-to-point?



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