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Title:atm
Moderator:NPSS::WATERS
Created:Mon Oct 05 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:970
Total number of notes:3630

941.0. "MPOA Partyline, and Multiprotocol ?" by BERN02::DEY (Walter Dey, Berne Switzerland) Mon May 12 1997 09:48

    MPOA
    
    q1) Our partyline please ! I tried the official path, but got no
    answer.
    
    q2) Can someone shed some light on MPOA V1. What is the meaning of
    "Multiprotocol" in the word. I thought that NHRP, MARS are all IP only.
    So "Multiprotocol" means actually all the goodies for IP, and the rest
    is LANE V2.0 ????
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941.1MPOA...LEMAN::PAIVAHawkeye - Network Support @GEOMon May 12 1997 11:4413
    Walter,
    
    >q2) Can someone shed some light on MPOA V1. What is the meaning of
    >"Multiprotocol" in the word. I thought that NHRP, MARS are all IP only.
    >So "Multiprotocol" means actually all the goodies for IP, and the rest
    >is LANE V2.0 ????
    
    Without having read MPOA V1.0 (which I couldn't find at the ATMF's ftp
    site) my interpretation of "Multiprotocol" in MPOA is DECnet, IPX, etc.
    in an all-ATM environment as opposed to LANE which is a mixed
    environment (ie, ATM and some other(s) technology(ies)).
    
    Pedro
941.2try the atm-faq documentALEF::NIKOLICTue May 13 1997 16:398
    
    There is a short explanation of MPOA and its plus and minuses on the
    ATM FAQ document found at URL
    
    www.networks.digital.com/dr/gigaatm/tips/
    
    I think it is a very well written document.  It may be old (June 95)
    but I think it has good info
941.3LEMAN::CHEVAUXPatrick Chevaux @GEO, DTN 821-4150Fri May 16 1997 09:5422
    .2�    I think it is a very well written document.  It may be old (June 95)
    .2�    but I think it has good info
    
    The ATM FAQ (of June 96) is certainly an excellent document. However to
    be most effective it needs to be updated on a regular basis (6 months?)
    
    Back to MPOA v1, we definitely need
    
    - an official position (standard stuff: "DIGITAL will support MPAO in
      the 6 months following the official release of a stable, implementable
      specification ....")
    - some educational stuff so that we all be brought to a "level" of
      technical understanding (very much like what was done for LANE: PPT
      presentation, videotape sent to ATM Wizards/SE's)
    
    With the imminent release of V1 we hear a number of companies talk on
    MPOA. In certain cases it appears to be a lock-out.
    
    Telling customers that Cisco have bailed out of MPOA long ago (and even
    more, are criticizing MPOA in their Tag Switching RFCs), that NEWBRIGE
    VIVID implement a proprietary MPOA, etc ... is useless. Especially when
    competing with NEWBRIDGE VIVID ...