On Jul 8, 2019, at 14:41, Pascal Thubert (pthubert) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> What sort of device is a "L3AP"? In RFC 8200 we don't have that sort of 
>> device
>> defined, we just have links, hosts, routers and nodes (IPv6 host or router).
> 
> Like a L3-switch but wireless. An AP is a bridge that is proactively 
> programmed on the wireless side with the association process, as opposed to a 
> learning (transparent) bridge that requires the broadcast. RFC 6775 / 8505 is 
> the same thing at L3. If you add L3 features like an SVI to the AP, and L3 
> functions in there like RFC8505, routing, and/or ND proxy, then you have an 
> L3-AP.

Hi Pascal,

out there again confusing everyone with needlessly invented terminology? :-)

These things are called 6LRs in RFC 6775/8505, for people who want to look up 
what they do (or do you mean 6LBRs?).

Grüße, Carsten

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