[117222] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Ring
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Mon Sep 7 00:56:39 2009
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:56:24 +0700
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On Sep 7, 2009, at 11:14 AM, ty chan wrote:
> The purpose is to provide L2 Ethernet connectivities from POPs to
> central point (DC) and ring protection.
I'd strongly suggest trying to avoid a large, multi-geography layer-2
topology, and instead work to separate it out via layer-3. Otherwise,
you're just asking for trouble, IMHO.
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