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RE: [PWE3] RE: [802.1] 802.1ad Customer FCS Retention

> >>If you assume a PW to be a sort of bridge,
> > 
> > NH=> A PW is for sure not a bridge!  A PW is an adaptation funtion 
> > that lies between a client layer network and a server layer network 
> > of MPLS or IP.  
> 
> Neil
> 
> Surely that is just one way to model the PW? Can't a PW also be
> modelled as a repeater with certain internal delay and error
> characteristics.
> 
> Stewart

Stewart,
If this is a valid analogy then every networking technology that relays some traffic unit between points A and B can be regarded as modelling a bridge.....and that does not seem a good analogy to me.
regards, Neil

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