From: robbie (robbie@packetized.org)
Date: Wed Jun 22 2005 - 21:02:26 GMT-3
Well put. That makes it much clearer, thanks for the insight - I've read
docs for years, and never really understood the difference in the AAL5
types.
Cheers,
Robbie
Brian McGahan wrote:
> Robbie,
>
> It doesn't really matter which encapsulation you use as long as
> it matches on both ends. SNAP is a multi-protocol encapsulation, while
> MUX is a single protocol encapsulation. This means that if you are
> running MUX you can't run IPv4 and IPX on the same circuit. However
> when you run PPPoA using AAL5MUX *all* traffic looks like PPP from the
> perspective of the layer 2 process. This means that while you can have
> IPv4 and IPX on the virtual-template, the ATM process still only sees
> PPP being encapsulated.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
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