[115766] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Point to Point Ethernet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Wed Jul 8 14:26:56 2009
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:26:26 -0400
To: "Andre Oppermann" <nanog-list@nrg4u.com>
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A546E70.9090604@nrg4u.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:01:20 -0400, Andre Oppermann <nanog-list@nrg4u.com>
wrote:
> ... completely do away with ARP, MAC addresses and all
> that stuff.
Removing "all that stuff" means it's no longer ethernet.
> Do you think this is useful? Maybe vendors will hear me/us.
No. I do not.
Ethernet is not a point-to-point technology. It is a multi-point
(broadcast, bus, etc.) technology with DECADES of optimization and
adoption. No one has gotten IEEE to adopt a larger frame size, and you
want to drop *fundamental* elements of ethernet?!?
--Ricky
