Xiaohu, Good sum up.
> For intra-subnet IP traffic, Layer2 forwarding is the current mainstream >choice, but Layer3 forwarding may be a better choice in some cases. I'd prefer to put this way - for IP traffic, l3 forwarding is a better choice. But you and/or others may have certain observation/reasoning on why it is only in some cases, I'm willing to hear it out. Thanks, Luyuan On 12/18/12 9:40 PM, "Xuxiaohu" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can be done. However, we're on Lucy's topic; mine was "route if IP, >>bridge >> otherwise"; the goal was to rationalize the need for Layer 2 forwarding >>for >> non-IP traffic, and inter- and intra-subnet routing. > >Agree. For non-IP traffic , Layer2 forwarding is the only choice. For >inter-subnet traffic, Layer3 forwarding is the only choice. For >intra-subnet IP traffic, Layer2 forwarding is the current mainstream >choice, but Layer3 forwarding may be a better choice in some cases. > >Best regards, >Xiaohu > >> Kireeti. >> >> > Thomas >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > nvo3 mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nvo3 mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3 >_______________________________________________ >nvo3 mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3 _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
