>> If there is a more complex HNCP network, then we could probably simulate
>> the L2 scenario with VXLAN, configured by HNCP.

> If memory serves, VXLAN requires support for multicast, which HNCP+Babel
> doesn't provide.  There's a set of IBM (?) extensions to VXLAN that avoid
> the use of multicast, I'm not a fan.

Another issue is that since VXLAN emulates a layer 2 network, it doesn't
have any means to regulate MTU; hence, it requires either network-layer
fragmentation or the use of jumbograms.

Not a fan, sorry.

-- Juliusz

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