Re: Do ATM-based Exchange Points make sense anymore?

[Petri Helenius]

> What functionality does PVC give you that the ethernet VLAN does not?
>
That�s quite easy. Endpoint liveness. A IPv4 host on a VLAN has no idea
if the guy on the "other end" died until the BGP timer expires.

FR has LMI, ATM has OAM. (and ILMI)

Pete