Re: RE: AD request / L2 Triggers Chapter Statement

Phil,

*What*, precisely, do you propose be standards track? The current draft
defining abstract L2 triggers or something else?

I do think Vern and James have a point about the necessity of standards
specifying something on the wire that can be verified for conformance.

            jak


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Neumiller" <[email protected]>
To: "James Kempf" <[email protected]>; "Vernon Schryver"
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [pilc] RE: AD request / L2 Triggers Chapter Statement


> I absolutely disagree.  IP will have to change for modern wireless
devices.  Those who say
> it won't have their head in the sand.  James we are not taking the
PILC approach of creating
> a recommendation for L2 providers.  We are a bunch of L2 providers
telling IP what it
> needs to do!!! Absolutely has to be standards track.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Kempf" <[email protected]>
> To: "Vernon Schryver" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [pilc] RE: AD request / L2 Triggers Chapter Statement
>
>
> > Vern
> >
> > > Again, the reasons I trust there is no hope of a standards track
L2
> > > Triggers RFC do not apply to an Information RFC.  As has been said
> > > repeatedly, an Informational RFC on L2 triggers could be valuable.
> > > Why are you so set the standards track?
> > >
> >
> > I don't think anybody is set on standards track at this point. The
> > reason for doing this as a WG rather than an individual effort is to
get
> > IETF concensus on it, so that it would represent the best thinking
of
> > the IETF to other standardization groups, like IEEE, on what's
needed
> > for a high performance wireless Layer 2 for IP.
> >
> >             jak
>
>


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