another case of ipv6-only networks
Ivan Pepelnjak
ipepelnjak at gmail.com
Tue Dec 18 18:59:03 CET 2012
Just wondering ... would you know how they implemented L2 tunnels across IPv6?
Thank you!
Ivan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+ipepelnjak=gmail.com at lists.cluenet.de [mailto:ipv6-
> ops-bounces+ipepelnjak=gmail.com at lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Mikael
> Abrahamsson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:25 AM
> To: IPv6 operators forum
> Subject: RE: another case of ipv6-only networks
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2012, Eric Vyncke (evyncke) wrote:
>
> > OTOH, Peter & Guenter are smart people, so, they must have done it
> > correctly :-)
>
> That depends on who you ask.
>
> This network is "MPLS free core" (pun intended against BGP free core).
> That makes some things work differently than a lot of people are used to.
>
> Otoh, it means the core is super simple (IGP+BGP, no need for LDP, RSVP
> and all the MPLS forwarding code). IPv4 is considered legacy and realised
> using transitional mechanisms or L2 tunnels.
>
> --
> Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike at swm.pp.se
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