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From: Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@computer.org>
To: Mark Smith <lk-netdev@lk-netdev.nosense.org>
Cc: hawk@comx.dk, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] net: RFC3069, private VLAN proxy arp support
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:59:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B44DD9F.4020807@computer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100106232231.5f454d53@opy.nosense.org>

Mark Smith wrote:
> I can see value in that - you're forcing all traffic through the
> upstream router for policy enforcement purposes, without having to have
> point-to-point (simulated or otherwise) links between customers and the
> router, and avoiding IP address waste by not using /30s. You're pretty
> much making the ethernet a Non-broadcast Multi-Access link.

Similar to what DSLAMs do...

Jan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-06 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-05 15:50 [net-next PATCH] net: RFC3069, private VLAN proxy arp support Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2010-01-06  6:03 ` Eric Dumazet
2010-01-06  9:49   ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2010-01-06 10:28     ` Eric Dumazet
2010-01-06 12:52     ` Mark Smith
2010-01-06 14:17       ` Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2010-01-06 14:35         ` Mark Smith
2010-01-06 18:59       ` Jan Ceuleers [this message]
2010-01-07  8:59 ` David Miller

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