[182053] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dual stack IPv6 for IPv4 depletion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ricky Beam)
Thu Jul 9 18:30:43 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund@medline.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 18:30:38 -0400
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <9578293AE169674F9A048B2BC9A081B401C70978BF@MUNPRDMBXA1.medline.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:00:35 -0400, Naslund, Steve <SNaslund@medline.com>
wrote:
> Now, if we assume that VLAN based security is weak and that most homes
> do not generate enough broadcast traffic to be an issue, what exactly is
> the reason that a residential customer needs a lot of VLANs? Answer,
> they probably don't.
> ... I am still waiting for a valid example of a residential situation
> where VLANs are a useful addition.
Voice, Video, Data, and Guest VLANs. And even that is generally overkill,
but does provide a measurable, if marginal, improvement.
--Ricky
