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Re: [v6ops] Interesting problems with using IPv6

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> Mon, 15 September 2014 05:04 UTC

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From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Interesting problems with using IPv6
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> was MLD snooping (i.e. a layer violation by L2 switches). Even so,

This is the first time I have seen anyone calling MLD/IGMP snooping a 
"layer violation by L2 switches" (I'm interpreting this as you thinking 
it's negative, do tell if this is not the case).

How else is L2 equipment going to make intelligent decisions about 
multicast forwarding within an L2?

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se

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