Manral, Vishwas wrote:
> Acee,
>
>
>>Independent of any implementation considerations, one point Pat and
>>I have never come to agreement on is whether or not the existing
>>mechanisms are sufficient to utilize a single physical interface in
>>multiple areas. IMHO, this is the main issue with this draft.
>>
>
> Though I still havent been able to look at the latest version of the draft,
> I guess the issue besides being whether existing methods suffice, is a trade
> off between extra code/fuctionality verses simplicity over existing methods
> for folks to deploy?

Close - I say it is more a trade-off between extra code and greater complexity
versus less code and simplicity.

>
>>From Pat's intro mail on the draft:-
>
>
>>Using sub-addressing,
>>sub-interfacing, GREs, VLANS,... etc, are ghastly cumbersome and
>>unwieldy tools, especially when you need lots of them on a single
>>border router. Please consider the plight of folk that deploy OSPF
>>implementations and give this draft serious consideration!!!
>>
>
> Thanks,
> Vishwas
>
>

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