[45483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Legacy NAP/NSP support
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Sat Feb 2 16:26:35 2002
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:26:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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I was wondering if any NSP or NAP still supports the requirement
to carry OSI/CLNP traffic.
> NAPs can be proposed to be implemented as LANs or MANs or
> other innovative approaches. NAPs must operate at speeds
> commensurate with the speeds of attached networks and
> must be upgradable as required by demand, usage, and
> Program goals. NAPs must support the switching of IP
> (Internet Protocol) and CLNP (ConnectionLess Networking
> Protocol) packets
I think this is a legacy, aka obsolete, requirement. But some
folks with checklists insist you can't be a NSP or NAP if you
don't support it.
