[117226] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Ring
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Mon Sep 7 03:52:43 2009
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:51:51 +0200 (CEST)
To: nanog@daork.net
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
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Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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> > I am in process of planning ring network to cover 15 POPs in City.
> > Some technologies are chosen for consideration like SDH(Huawei),
> > PVRST+(Cisco), RSTP(Zyxel), EAPS (extreme network) and MPLS(VPLS).
> > The purpose is to provide L2 Ethernet connectivities from POPs to
> > central point (DC) and ring protection.
>
> Of the above, VPLS.
Strongly disagree. VPLS gives you ample rope to hang yourself. An L2
ring-based protocol like EAPS is much simpler to deploy.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
