Cell Relay Archive

["Rick & Robin Stanback" <rstanbac@ix.netcom.com>]

I could read the other replies to this post due to the spammer.

IBM and possibly others have extensions to there LANE v2 implementations to
allow short cuts to be set up between elans so that ATM attached devices in
different elans can establish a data direct svc.  IBM calls it super elans
for bridging and MPOA for IP.

rakesh bahl wrote in message <70mcep$tni$1@debris.uits.indiana.edu>...
>Hi,
>1)Quoting LANE v2 spec:
> "Communication between emulated LANs require some type of
>interconnection devices(bridge,router,etc),even though direct ATM
>connections between emulated LANs are explicitly allowed in some
>circumstances."
>The spec goes on to state that such inter-ELAN connections are outside
>its scope.
>This (quote) surprises me as (as far as I know) an emulated LAN is a
>Virtual LAN which could be connected to another ELAN by a router(or a
>Layer 3 Switch or a gateway) only,and not through a bridge or even
>directly.
>