> Bridging works fine between 802.11 and 802.1--or another 802.11 link. No > routing required. > > It works for the IETF meeting networks and pretty much how all > Enterprise gear is setup. > > Let's keep it simple and only route when we have to.
There is a strong argument to be made that routing is simpler in the mobile space than bridging is... And that routing to the edge in these cases will actually make interfacing with some of the complex edge interfaces likely to evolve in the long term much simpler, as well. While we might not like that someone could have a 3g connection and an 11n connection on the same laptop, or even on a single "pad," this is the reality. Apple's recent move to "cut off" purchases for "outside products" through "third party web sites," should show us that there might be a point where you must go through network a to get content from them, and network b to get content from them --which is already going to require routing at the end device, at any rate. IMHO, we should accept that routing is going to be mixed with bridging at the end node, and work around that reality. :-) Russ _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
