[rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links

[Anoop Ghanwani]

I'm OK with this as long as the omission of the
outer VLAN tag is a MAY rather than a MUST.

Anoop

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rbridge-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Eastlake III 
> Donald-LDE008
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:27 PM
> To: Rbridge at postel.org
> Subject: [rbridge] Consensus Check: Point to Point links
> 
> This is a check via the mailing list to confirm or refute an 
> apparent consensus from the minutes of the Chicago meeting 
> for a change from protocol draft -05:
> 
>    If it is known that a link is a point to point link between two
>    RBridges, then the outer header, if it is an Ethernet header, can
>    have any source and/or destination addresses, those addresses will
>    be ignored on receipt, and the outer VLAN tag can be omitted.
> 
> If no particular controversy arises over this in the next two 
> weeks, we will declare it to be the working group consensus.
> 
> Thanks,
> Donald & Erik
> 
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