On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:01:20 -0400, Andre Oppermann <nanog-l...@nrg4u.com>
wrote:
... completely do away with ARP, MAC addresses and all
that stuff.
Removing "all that stuff" means it's no longer ethernet.
Do you think this is useful? Maybe vendors will hear me/us.
No. I do not.
Ethernet is not a point-to-point technology. It is a multi-point
(broadcast, bus, etc.) technology with DECADES of optimization and
adoption. No one has gotten IEEE to adopt a larger frame size, and you
want to drop *fundamental* elements of ethernet?!?
--Ricky
