Re: Proposed way forward with the transition mechanisms

[Brian E Carpenter <brc@zurich.ibm.com>]

Tim Chown wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 11:22:12PM +0300, Soininen Jonne (Nokia-NET/Helsinki) wrote:
>
> > I do personally believe that ISATAP is pointed as the most promising
> > solution for automatic tunneling in the 3GPP analysis document and thus,
> > should be listed as a solution to be standardized. 
>
>
> Our own experience (non-small enterprise) is that we prefer to deploy
> a structured (configured) transition mechanism - in our case VLAN-based 
> IPv6 propogation - rather than an unstructured (automatic) method.  So
> we don't see any need for ISATP in our particular scenario.   However,
> I can see why some others see some attraction.

I think many enterprise networks will agree, not to mention that since
ISATAP solves the NBMA problem, it has some intrinsic complexity. So I do
echo Alain's question: what makes ISATAP fit better than ordinary tunnels,
in the 3GPP secnario?

   Brian