Re: Self routing

["Thomas 'Dent' Mirlacher" <dent@cosy.sbg.ac.at>]

> > --snip/snip
> >
> > > I don't think we want to change MPE but come up with an alternative,
> more
> > > efficient and more flexible solution.
> >
> > which set of requirements in mind? MPE probably is not the best solution,
> > but it works.
> > it is layer2+layer3, and your proposal would be layer3 - which is fine,
> > if you have a specific set of services you'd like to support, but you'll
> > have troubles supporting a different set of services in an efficient way.
> >
> would you, please, define what you mean with "layer 3"  -  why is an
> encapsulation layer three, what functionality do you see that belongs into
> the "network lauer"??

this hould be 2+2.5 instead of 2+3 (MAC+LLC) - the 3 came out of a rounding
error ;)

	++Thomas
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in some way i do, and in some way i don't.