Metro Ethernet Multicast Support

2008-11-04 Thread Holmes,David A
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) MEF10-1 ELAN multipoint-to-multipoint specification says that multicast packets must be replicated out all ports in the ELAN, except the ingress port. Some carriers have taken this literally and built a virtual ELAN service emulating a 1990's style hub in which all

Re: Metro Ethernet Multicast Support

2008-11-04 Thread Nathan Ward
On 5/11/2008, at 9:13 AM, Holmes,David A wrote: The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) MEF10-1 ELAN multipoint-to-multipoint specification says that multicast packets must be replicated out all ports in the ELAN, except the ingress port. Some carriers have taken this literally and built a virtual ELAN