Capwap Mailing List: Re: Certificates, Discovery Request/Reply, and validation.

[Behcet Sarikaya (sarikayab]

Pat R. Calhoun wrote:
> > If IEEE 802 doesn't need/want to touch this L2-specific work, the reason 
> > might be one of the followings:
> >   
>
> > a) The problem does not exist, or 
> > b) The problem exists, but the IEEE does not think it is a long-term problem.
> >   
>
> > Which is the case?  Note that if the problem exists and the IEEE
> > thinks it is a long-term problem, I think the IEEE should take the
> > responsibility to solve the problem.
> >   
>
> No, there is lots of interest, hence Dorothy being involved. However, we are not designing a MAC or a PHY, so the IEEE doesn't touch these problems. They tried with 802.11f with limited success. So people feel this is a protocol issue, not a MAC or a PHY and therefore belongs in IETF.
>
> Moving on...
This sounds OK, but LWAPP is discovery + configuration protocol, taking discovery
out, as per Marcus' presentation, SNMP is IETF's protocol for configuration.
How are you going to deal with this?

In the run state, do AP and AR continue to communicate using LWAPP encapsulation,
or or revert to 802.3 frame encapsulation?
> PatC
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