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Re: [vnrg] Logical vs. virtual

Martin Stiemerling <Martin.Stiemerling@neclab.eu> Fri, 11 February 2011 14:00 UTC

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Hi 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnrg-bounces@irtf.org [mailto:vnrg-bounces@irtf.org] On Behalf Of
> $witch
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> Subject: Re: [vnrg] Logical vs. virtual
> 
> On 02/08/11 16:37, Martin Stiemerling wrote:
> ......
> 
> >
> > Virtual on the other hand describes more the fact that you can use
> something which is actually not really existing, ...
> >
> 
> Hi, Martin and all
> 
> as newbye am adding just "canonicals 2 cents" :
> 
> in my mind virtual has "temporary-limited" meaning more than
> "not-really-existing" while logical implies something that will be
> multiplexed by a phisical "something" (as in logical-interfaces and
> phisical-interfaces); maybe definition can include (or exclude) that
> interpretation.

IMHO "temporary limited" does catch the virtual part. A virtual network can exist for an arbitrary amount of time. 

  Martin


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