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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Interconnects
On Fri, 17 May 2002, Sean Donelan wrote: > > On Fri, 17 May 2002 [email protected] 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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