[88951] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Sat Feb 25 15:09:49 2006
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:09:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@verizonbusiness.com>
In-reply-to: <20060225182311.97B0A3994B@equinox.DOMINO.ORG>
To: "Neil J. McRae" <neil@DOMINO.ORG>
Cc: "'Patrick W. Gilmore'" <patrick@ianai.net>, nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Neil J. McRae wrote:
>
> > An argument could be made for individual VLANs to keep things
> > like b- cast storms isolated. But I think the additional
> > complexity will cause more problems than it will solve.
>
> Vlans will not stop all typres of broadcast storm.
>
So, perhaps I missed the earlier explanation, but why use switched
segments at all? if the purpose is to connect routers to routers putting
something that WILL FAIL in the middle is only going to increase your
labor costs later :(
So, for router-router links, GE doesn't have to mean switched...
