VPLS implementation

[Nikos Vassiliadis]

Jon Otterholm wrote:
> Are there any plans or ongoing work to implement VPLS in the network
> stack?
> 
>  
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Private_LAN_Service
> 


If you don't need interoperability with others, you can
theoretically achieve something like VPLS using if_bridge,
if_gif, EtherIP and the "private" flag of if_bridge.

Of course it would be a static setup and you'll have to create
full mesh connections for all the participating nodes.

Nikos