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:) :) you are right .. As a matter of fact I was in the restaurant named MPLS in Minneaoplis and the food was not too good :). That must be the reason why some people say what they say about MPLS .... Cheers, R. PS. [Sorry for trashing the list but I couldn't resit either]. > Andrew Walding wrote: > > Would you guys stop talking down about Minneapolis! > > [sorry I couldn't resist] > > Best Regards, > > Andy Walding > CellStream Inc. [ http://www.cellstream.com ] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Raszuk [mailto:raszuk@cisco.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 4:05 PM > > To: Christopher Lewis > > Cc: Yakov Rekhter; Luc De Ghein; rcheung@houston.sns.slb.com; > > mpls-ops@mplsrc.com > > Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: UTI (Universal Transport Interface) > > > > > > But Chris, > > > > MPLS over GRE does not require MPLS aware core at all ... > > > > The reason is different though :) Some poeple are just allergic to the > > MPLS word anywhere in their network and since all MPLS provides is also > > possible with IP (well maybe except TE yet) why not reinvent the wheel > > and support some IP purists .... :). > > > > Anway L2TPv3 and MPLS will be used by operators and we vendors whatever > > we think or feel will have to support both. End of story ! > > > > Rgs, > > R. > > > > > Christopher Lewis wrote: > > > > > > At 07:21 AM 8/7/2002, Yakov Rekhter wrote: > > > > > UTI can transport layer2. GRE transports layer3. > > > > > > > >Since one could run MPLS over GRE, and since AToM can transport layer2, > > > >it follows that a combination of GRE+MPLS can transport layer2. > > > > > > > >Yakov. > > > > > > Yes, but not all providers want an MPLS core today. I'll leave > > the question > > > of whether GRE could have been extended to cover L2 UTI > > functionality alone. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > ------- > > > The MPLS-OPS Mailing List > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml > > > Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml > > > > ------- > > The MPLS-OPS Mailing List > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml > > Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml > > ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml
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