> I think there is some misunderstanding going on here and I believe it > may have to do with the lack of detail (and maybe some typos) in the > draft. It appears that sections 5 & 6 could be made more clear with a > few additions.
Thank you. You said what I was going to say. :-) > First, it would be useful to expand all the acronyms in Figure 1 so that > there is a clear understanding what the roles are of all the nodes in > the diagram. A *short* description of each node's role would be quite > useful. Please expand *all* the acronyms. What is a PON for example? And to hammer the point home, the figure includes an entity called an "RG". But the text never refers to this entity, whatever it is... And what is a "CPE"? That is a *very* generic term for any device the customer owns... Are these the laptops and other client devices? Also, please be sure to state which enities have full IP stacks (and addresses) and which do not, since that is part of the problem motivation... The intro also talks about VLANS and N:1, but I don't understand how they are used. E.g., in the figure, is everything in one VLAN? Is each AN in its own VLAN? And be very clear about which devices are in *different* customer's homes. Finally, most homes nowadays have a router between hosts and ISP. Which device in your picture plays that role? > 3. Applicability > > The line identification option is intended to be used only for the > N:1 VLAN deployment model. For the other VLAN deployment models > there is no need to carry line identification. Maybe it's just me, but I have yet to see a simple, one paragraph (or less) explanation of what the N:1 VLAN model is. Please include such a definition/explanation in the draft. I look forward to seeing a revised document. Until I understand the problem more clearly, I cannot say whether I support the WG taking on this work. Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
