RE: Draft charter for L2VPN: Perfect LAN emulation

Alex,

Perhaps not emulation, but I think a definition of "LAN" might be useful.
i.e. a broadcast/multicast segment, the interconnection of emulated bridges,
a single virtual bridge, etc. Or if that granularity of description is not
desired by the group, then a statement to that effect.

As to perfect, or imperfect I have not strong opinion, as long as people are
comfortable that standars compliant Ethernet devices are able to attach to
the service and use it.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Zinin [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 4:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Draft charter for L2VPN: Perfect LAN emulation



Reading the discussion between Matt, Eric, et al, it seems that
we have two main questions at hand:

 1. Should the charter define the level of transparency of
    the L2 VPN mechanisms to the higher-layer protocols, and
    if so, what should the required level be?

 2. Should the charter say that the WG will work with IEEE 802.1
    to ensure proper interworking.

My reading of the discussion on the first item is that we don't have a
strong case for spelling out that a perfect emulation is required.
If anyone disagrees, please speak up.

I didn't see a discussion on the second issue, but it seems like a
reasonable proposal to me.

Alex