On 1/26/2015 1:52 PM, Charlie Perkins wrote:
> 
> Hello Joe,
> 
> Follow-up below:
> 
> On 1/26/2015 10:31 AM, Joe Touch wrote:
>>
>> The whole story for IP (L3) is:
>> .....
>>
>>     (C) - Those subnets can be internetworked using L3 (routers)
>>     ONLY where they overlap (i.e., share a node).
> 
> This isn't true for routers that route over links that are not
> part of a subnet.

That link acts like it's own 2-node L2 subnet that thus overlaps with
the two subnets it bridges on each side.

I didn't say all the subnets need to be composed of the same technology.

> ......................
> 
>> So far, "your" experience (you, the authors, the MANET community)
>> keeps asserting that there's something magic about that environment
>> that the Internet architecture and protocols haven't considered.
> 
> It's not magic.  That's the point.  And we don't say that the problems
> have never been considered.  From earlier email:
> 
>>      ...        We are simply trying to point out
>> that the effects do matter, and are worthy of consideration when
>> designing IP protocols. 
> 
> Also from earlier email:
> 
>>>
>>> If you have a problem that isn't described above, it is you who need
>>> to describe it. The burden of proof is on you to explain what's new.
>>
>> What's new is collecting together these important matters
>> into a document that can be helpful.  The lack of such a document
>> motivated the writing of the draft under discussion.  Our indication
>> that it was needed came from experience in other working groups.

I'd be glad to see a new version of the ID that accomplishes this. There
have been no points raised in email so far that accomplish this, though.

Joe

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