[c-nsp] /31 on a PTP Ethernet interface

[Manu Chao]

I agree, /31 well supported on carrier class router. As you say, rfc
may need an update for ethernet p2p

2010/3/8, sthaug at nethelp.no <sthaug at nethelp.no>:
>> Ethernet is not designed for p2p but can be used for this purpose.
>> OSI allow any L3 over L2 Ethernet, there is no issue with IPv4 @
>
> Sure. And we use Ethernet as point to point technology too. However,
> that is an entirely different statement than saying that /31 is "well
> supported" on Ethernet.
>
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
>
>> 2010/3/8, sthaug at nethelp.no <sthaug at nethelp.no>:
>> >> You needn't /30 anymore, rfc3021 is well suported for a while ;)
>> >
>> > Yes, RFC 3021 is well supported on *actual* point to point links (e.g.
>> > SDH/SONET). Ethernet is *not* such a type of link.
>> >
>> > There are lots of people who use /31 on Ethernet links without any
>> > apparent problems. However ...
>> >
>> > Some of us have tried (hard) to get Cisco and Juniper to come forward
>> > with an official statement about whether /31 is supported or not on
>> > Ethernet links. We have been entirely unsuccessful - the answer we
>> > receive is always of the type "try it, it may work for you". That is
>> > not "well supported" by my definition of the word.
>> >
>> > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
>> >
>>
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