RE: ndproxy loop prevention

2005-05-21 Thread Dave Thaler
Bib Hinden writes: > >This means that the STP-running sub-cloud need to be P-bit transparent, > right? > > Yes, that is my understanding. I think the draft is consistent with > this. That is, a ND proxy implements either the P-bit (choice a) or the > STP (choice b) modes, but not both. In STP m

Re: ndproxy loop prevention

2005-03-16 Thread Bob Hinden
Erik, This means that the STP-running sub-cloud need to be P-bit transparent, right? Yes, that is my understanding. I think the draft is consistent with this. That is, a ND proxy implements either the P-bit (choice a) or the STP (choice b) modes, but not both. In STP mode the P-bit (or any of

Re: ndproxy loop prevention

2005-03-15 Thread Erik Nordmark
Dave Thaler wrote: This question was asked during the meeting, and yes we did think through the details. Consider the case where you only use the P-bit scheme. However, on each segment, there could be standard L2 bridges which don't use NDproxy. Those L2 bridges are responsible for ensuring that t

RE: ndproxy loop prevention

2005-03-15 Thread Dave Thaler
This question was asked during the meeting, and yes we did think through the details. Consider the case where you only use the P-bit scheme. However, on each segment, there could be standard L2 bridges which don't use NDproxy. Those L2 bridges are responsible for ensuring that that segment is loo