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Re: [LinkSec] RE: [802.1] P802.1ad Task Group ballot disposition




Dirceu,

No one asserts that a bridge will not need to handle more than
4000 subscribers to a service.  The question is whether a separate
VLAN is required for each subscriber.  Methods were proposed at the
last meeting which are perfectly compatible with a standard 802.1Q
(or 802.1AD) provider bridge which allow two VLANs to support tens
or hundreds of subscribers.  The subscribers cannot talk to each
other at Layer 2, and the router has a one routed interface for
each group of customers.  This can be a powerful technique.

-- Norm

Dirceu Cavendish wrote:
> Comment about "comment 44" and its response. The issue is the P-VID
> space. The comment is that more bits are needed for SERVICES envisaged
> by NTT's network. The response seems to imply that a too large network
> is not desirable. One may have a tiny little provider network in a very
> densely populated area (common in Japan big cities), and yet with
> hundred of thousands of "service instances"...
> 
> 
> Dirceu Cavendish
> NEC Labs America
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-802-1@majordomo.ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-stds-802-1@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Tony Jeffree
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:37 AM
> To: stds-802-1@ieee.org; stds-802-linksec@ieee.org
> Subject: [802.1] P802.1ad Task Group ballot disposition
> 
> 
> I have placed Mick's proposed disposition of ballot comments on
> P802.1ad/D1 at:
> 
> http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/private/ad-drafts/d1/802-1ad-D1-dis.pdf
> 
> username: p8021
> password: go_wildcats
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Tony
> 
> 
> 
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