RE: WG review: Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (l2vpn)

Randy,
 
> > "We're doing it" is a statement of fact.  However, we've been
> > doing it for over two years.  Pseudo-wire work has been ongoing
> > for over 4 years.  MPLS has been ongoing since 1996 or
> > thereabouts.
>  
> no disagreement.  the question i am hearing is not why is this
> being done, but rather why is the ietf working on a an l2 over l2
> protocol.  
Would you please elaborate on what makes MPLS an L2. For that matter
would you also explain what makes MPLS a layer on its own.
 
randy