Eric, > Close, I believe. The second occurrence of "physical network" makes > me just a bit queasy. The frame header information is not used by the wires > (or fiber) of the physical network. Nor is it used by other physical network > components that may still be used in some L2 networks (Hubs, > repeaters, ...).
OK, I see your queasiness. You are intepreting "physical network" strictly, ala Tanenbaum and the original layering definitions. I've used "physical network" more loosely, to encompass a combination of data link and physical layers. My Bad. > Note that the difference between this and the text in section > 5.3 > now is that phrase "in-band" has been removed. We may be going to a > lot of trouble to explain a concept that isn't needed in the context of the > draft. I agree. Removing "in-band" seems like a fine way to go here. Thomas _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
