Re: [OSPF] TTZ, my 2c

William McCall <william.mccall@gmail.com> Tue, 09 July 2013 20:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [OSPF] TTZ, my 2c
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On 07/09/2013 01:50 PM, Acee Lindem wrote:
> The example assumes NO outside connectivity to
> the internal TTZ routers which begs the question of why these were ever
> connected in the first place. This would imply the 154 internal TTZ
> routers exist solely to interconnect the 6 TTZ border routers. I don't
> think anyone believes this.
This is why it kind of felt like a substitute of a l2vpn/transport 
network sitting in between the edge nodes to me. So since I didn't ask 
it explicitly earlier, why not just get rid of the 154 internal TTZ 
nodes and just replace them with a transport network?

--wm