Re: draft-simpson-isis-ppp-unique-00b

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:47 PM, William Allen Simpson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/29/11 8:31 AM, Donald Eastlake wrote:
>>
>> I mentioned yesterday at the ISIS Working Group meeting that this
>> draft was coming.
>>
> Tried listening, but missed the first 40 minutes as I'd thought it was
> UTC+1 -- it was UTC+2.

It wasn't that exciting. I just told people to keep an eye out for our
draft and explained in about four sentences what its goal was.

>>>   Typically, IS-IS implementations base the identifier on an existing 6
>>>   octet Media Access Control (MAC) identifier defined for one of its
>>>   link-layer interfaces.  The 48-bit MAC is composed of a 24-bit
>>
>> "... is *usually* composed ..."
>> Also add a reference to [RFC3452].
>>
> "FEC Building Block"?  Obsoleted by: 5052, 5445?

:-)  Sorry, that's 5342. I got the right digits, just in a random
order.... It has a definition of Individual Address Blocks.

Thanks,
Donald
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>> These days you can get an 36 bit prefix, called an Individual Address
>> Block, which is cheaper than a 24 bit OUI pre-fix.
>>
> OK.
>
>
>>>   Some systems have only point-to-point links without any conveniently
>>>   available MAC, and do not have a configured identifier.  This status
>>>   might change dynamically, as hot swap interfaces are added or
>>>   removed.
>>
>> Suggest "only point-to-point links without any conveniently available
>> MAC" ->  "only point-to-point or other links that do not have an
>> associated MAC address"
>>
>> There could be some exotic link that isn't p2p but doesn't use MAC
>> addresses.
>>
> OK.
>
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