[c-nsp] MPLS over Satellite

[Robert E.Seastrom]

Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de> writes:

> As far as I understand/understood things, "transmit-interface" was there
> explicitely for simplex links like a satellite with a low-speed back 
> link.  
>
> To use it for "simulated full-duplex" came a lot later, and was an evil 
> hack - it doesn't work until you hardwire ARP entries on both side (been 
> there, done that, didn't like the result).

My recollection is that it was developed specifically at the request
of NEARnet in the 1988-89 timeframe to support their 10 mbit/second 24
GHz microwave backbone.

                                        ---Rob