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Re: Is it possible to connect 2 CEs off the same PE using l2-martini?

  • From: Narin Suphasindhu <narin@acm.org>
  • Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 15:57:23 -0400
  • Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
  • Resent-Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:07:14 -0400
  • To: Joe Lin <jlin@doradosoftware.com>

:> For an end user of this technology then I am pretty much stuck with
:> 
:> If I want to provide L2 VPN services using draft-martini across PEs,
:> then use martini.  Else, work some magic??  Because vendor X's
:> implementation of the draft does not support providing L2 VPN services
:> off the same PE using martini? 
:> 
:> Doesn't this sound silly?
:> 
:> Am I missing something?

Hi Joe,

Allow me to reiterate what several people have already said.

Martini drafts describe how to transport L2 frames across PEs.

Providing local (same PE) L2 transports, e.g. bridging,
is vendor dependent and has *nothing* to do with draft-martini.

Yes, it probably is silly for a PE box to support only
draft-martini and not local L2 transports.

Cheers,
-Narin

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