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Re: layer 2 and layer 3 tunneling
Rich,
From: Rich_Shea@BayNetworks.COM (Rich Shea)
Subject: Re: layer 2 and layer 3 tunneling
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:12:21 -0500
> At 09:32 PM 2/10/99 +0100, Eren, Evren wrote:
> >I know, that I am in the wrong area, but I would be grateful if anybody can
> >recommend good references
> >for layer 2 and layer 3 tunneling ?
> >
> >My understanding is the following:
> >
> >PPTP and L2F are Layer 3 tunneling protocols. They directly encapsulate IPX,
> >IP etc.
> >
> >L2TP is a Layer 2 tunneling protocol. It encapsulates PPP, which can
> >encapsulate IPX, IP etc.
> >
>
> PPTP, L2F, and L2TP all encapsulate PPP and so are all layer 2 tunneling.
>
> L2F is an informational draft (don't have the number off hand).
L2F is now RFC2341 (categorized as 'historic').
> PPTP was last at draft-ietf-pppext-pptp-04.txt
It's now draft-ietf-pppext-pptp-07.txt.
> and L2TP is at draft-ietf-pppext-l2tp-12.txt.
> The PPPEXT WG mailing list (or L2TP mailing list) is the right area for
> questions about these. The IETF web page has information on the mailing
> list for PPPEXT and L2TP mailing lists (I haven't looked if the web page
> has been updated, but the l2tp list recently changed from l2tp@zendo.com to
> l2tp@ietf.org).
>
> Richard.
>
>
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