Re: [Int-area] overlay networks and the democratizing of address allocations Re: 202203261817.AYC

2022-03-26 Thread Abraham Y. Chen
Hi, Dino: 1)    "  ...  but overlay routers do not drop packets to/from 240.0.0.0/4 addresses. ...  encapsulated packets ...  ":     For the first part, correct. All SPRs do similarly, because the entire RAN is an overlay network, although appears as a private network to the Internet core. Fo

Re: [Int-area] overlay networks and the democratizing of address allocations Re: 202203261817.AYC

2022-03-26 Thread Dino Farinacci
> 1)" ... but overlay routers do not drop packets to/from 240.0.0.0/4 > addresses. ... encapsulated packets ... ": For the first part, correct. > All SPRs do similarly, because the entire RAN is an overlay network, although > appears as a private network to the Internet core. For t

Re: [Int-area] overlay networks and the democratizing of address allocations Re: 202203261817.AYC

2022-03-26 Thread Abraham Y. Chen
Hi, Dino: 1)    Re: Ur. Pt. 1) "  ... hide the 240 addresses then you translate.   ":    I do not understand the terminology "translate" here. Within a RAN, all packets use the basic Source and Destination address fields in the IP header to carry the 240/4 addresses. Simple as that. I believe