Routed and bridged protocols

[michelot2]

Hi,

What's the functional differences between IRB and RBE? I don't see that clearly.

Thanks,

Angelot

[rsissons]

The following URL has a description of the main differenced between IRB and RBE

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns341/ns396/ns7/ns83/networking_solutions_design_guide_chapter09186a00800f0b02.html

[michelot2]

Hi,

Thanks for reminded me the link, I read that a second or third times.

The explanation is not really clear.

"With RBE, when an NRP receives RFC 1483 packets, the packets are not bridged but instead routed based on IP header information"

Which 1483 packets are used for this routing function, is it routing format or bridging format packets?

Thanks for your advice.

Regards

[michelot2]

Hi Michelot,

Probably, the format is not very important. We can route over routing or bridging RFC 2684 format packets.

Regards,

Michelot