Re: [DNA-BOF] Re: link "hints"

[Greg Daley <greg.daley@eng.monash.edu.au>]

Hi Bernard,

Bernard Aboba wrote:
> My understanding was that the relevance of L2 "hints" to DNA was for
> determining whether a change is made in the point of attachment, and
> if so, whether a change of subnet has also taken place.
> 
> This is in contrast to other discussions such as in ALIAS, where L2
> information could potentially be used for a much wider range of purposes.
> 
> If this perception is correct, then it allows us to focus the conversation
> somewhat.  For example, in IEEE 802.11 we have:

I think that your assessment is correct.

We will have to be fairly strict in
the scope of our work here, since
L2-related work is not a popular IETF
documentation topic.

Greg