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["Jim Guichard" <jguichar@cisco.com>]

it depends on which type of encapsulation you are talking about - you can
certainly bridge locally or provide frame switching locally but this has
nothing to do with Martini. Jim

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Joe Lin [mailto:jlin@doradosoftware.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:40 AM
> >To: Vach Kompella; Andrew G. Malis; 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?
> >
> >
> >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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