[89008] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Tue Feb 28 20:25:54 2006
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
To: <surfer@mauigateway.com>
Cc: "North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:23:08 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Thus spake "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
> From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
>> ITYM two big transit LANs -- one must be prepared for a
>> switch to fail.
>
> These're going to be router-to-router connections (each AR
> is connected to both CRs) and I had thought about tying them
> all into one VLAN vs. PTP Gig-E. I was just trying to find
> out the operational benefits of either design.
If your physical topology is going to be PTP links, then you should go with
PTP at the logical level as well. Making one topology look like another is
generally a bad idea.
S
Stephen Sprunk "Stupid people surround themselves with smart
CCIE #3723 people. Smart people surround themselves with
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