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["Andrew Walding" <andy@cellstream.com>]

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
> >
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