[127452] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadband initiatives - impact to your network?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Tue Jun 29 11:23:19 2010
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:22:39 +0200 (CEST)
To: lowen@pari.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <201006291017.13850.lowen@pari.edu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> > you are comparing LAN to WAN, never a bright idea
>
> Even ATM years ago blurred that arbitrary line.
>
> Why does there even need to be a line between local and wide in
> terms of networking? As far as IP is concerned, there is no
> difference. Even as far as Ethernet is concerned, there is no
> difference.
I beg to differ. There is a big difference between a multipoint traffic
within a small geographical area (typically realized with switches), and
trying to realize the same multipoint topology/traffic across a national
backbone, typically using VPLS and similar technologies.
On the other hand, Ethernet used as a framing/encapsulation technology
for point to point links works just fine across large distances.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
