Re: [IANA #85318] request a new NAS-Port-Type for XPON (fwd)

[Bernard Aboba <bernard_aboba@hotmail.com>]

Here is another comment. 

> From: EffenbergerFrank 73695 [mailto:feffenberger@huawei.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:23 AM
> To: Linda Dunbar
> Subject: Re: FW: [802.1 - 2683] FW: [IANA #85318] request a new
> NAS-Port-Type for XPON
> 
> If I look up the currently defined list of values for NAS-port-type, I
> find:
> 
> Values for RADIUS Attribute 61, NAS-Port-Type [RFC2865]:
> 
> 0 Async
> 1 Sync
> 2 ISDN Sync
> 3 ISDN Async V.120
> 4 ISDN Async V.110
> 5 Virtual
> 6 PIAFS
> 7 HDLC Clear Channel
> 8 X.25
> 9 X.75
> 10 G.3 Fax
> 11 SDSL - Symmetric DSL
> 12 ADSL-CAP - Asymmetric DSL, Carrierless Amplitude Phase
> Modulation
> 13 ADSL-DMT - Asymmetric DSL, Discrete Multi-Tone
> 14 IDSL - ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
> 15 Ethernet
> 16 xDSL - Digital Subscriber Line of unknown type
> 17 Cable
> 18 Wireless - Other
> 19 Wireless - IEEE 802.11
> 20 Token-Ring [RFC3580]
> 21 FDDI [RFC3580]
> 22 Wireless - CDMA2000 [McCann]
> 23 Wireless - UMTS [McCann]
> 24 Wireless - 1X-EV [McCann]
> 25 IAPP [IEEE 802.11f][Kerry]
> 26 FTTP - Fiber to the Premises [Nyce]
> 27 Wireless - IEEE 802.16 [IEEE 802.16]
> 28 Wireless - IEEE 802.20 [IEEE 802.20]
> 29 Wireless - IEEE 802.22 [IEEE 802.22] 
> 30 PPPoA - PPP over ATM [RFC4603]
> 31 PPPoEoA - PPP over Ethernet over ATM [RFC4603]
> 32 PPPoEoE - PPP over Ethernet over Ethernet [RFC4603]
> 33 PPPoEoVLAN - PPP over Ethernet over VLAN [RFC4603]
> 34 PPPoEoQinQ - PPP over Ethernet over IEEE 802.1QinQ [RFC4603]
> 
> Bottom-line - it appears that they have been handing out these values
> with very little care for doing a clean job. I'm not sure what use this
> information is even put to... 
> 
> You might mention that observation, and ask for some more clarification.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Frank E.