Interconnects
Stephen J. Wilcox
steve at opaltelecom.co.uk
Sat May 18 10:14:47 UTC 2002
On Fri, 17 May 2002, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> On Fri, 17 May 2002 bmanning at karoshi.com wrote:
> > perhaps better late than never... PAIX & LINX both
> > have IPv6 capabilities at/on the exchange fabric(s).
> > I am not aware that Equinix has taken that step.
>
> Uhm, another dumb question.
>
> Why does the operator of a layer 2 exchange care (or know) what
> protocols your are using? IPv4, IPv6, heck I remember seeing
> Appletalk, OSI and DECNET on MAE-EAST. What consenting network
> operators do....
LINX for example permits very specifically IPv4 only, no multicast
including routing protocols etc, no mac broadcasts ie spantree.
I think theres a danger on very large switching fabrics that if youre not
specific things will happen that are detrimental to all members.. all
major switching problems I know of at LINX were caused by members doing
something not permitted by the rules...
Just because you -could- do something without the operator knowing doesnt
mean you should, the rules are there for everyones protection and I think
the fact that when people do things they shouldnt it has caused problems
speaks for itself in that respect.
Steve
>
> What step does Equinix (or any other layer 2 exchange) need to do?
> The ATM NAPs might have an issue due to ATM/ARP, but even then I suspect
> two consenting network operators could use static IPv6 ARP tables
> without the NAP operator doing anything.
>
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