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[Joe Lin <jlin@doradosoftware.com>]

No your not missing anything.

effectively that would be the question.

For a L2 device that does L3 functions, the answer 
would be vlan.

but what about L3 devices now thats doing L2 
functions?
 


---- Vach Kompella <vkompella@timetra.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the question or the 
response.  Where's the need
> for martini in this configuration?
> 
> To me, the question sounds like "Can a PE switch an 
L2 frame from one port
> to another?" and the answer is "Yes, my box can, 
using draft-martini".  Am I
> missing something?
> 
> -Vach
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Andrew G. Malis 
[mailto:Andy.Malis@VivaceNetworks.com]
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 5:28 PM
>   To: Joe Lin
>   Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
>   Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: Is it possible to 
connect 2 CEs off the same PE
> using l2-martini?
> 
> 
>   Joe,
> 
>   Absolutely (at least with our implementation).  
There's nothing in the
> protocol definition to prevent it.
> 
>   Cheers,
>   Andy
> 
>   --------
> 
>   At 5/21/2002 04:38 PM -0700, Joe Lin wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>                 All the sample configurations for 
l2-martini shows
> connections between 2 CEs that are off 2 different 
PEs.
> 
> 
>             CE --  PE PE -- CE
> 
> 
>     Is it possible to use l2-martini to connect 2 
CEs that hangs off the
> same PE?
> 
> 
> 
>              CE PE
> 
>                       /
> 
>                     /
> 
>              CE /
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     -Joe
> 
> 
> 

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