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Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:10:24 -1000
----- Original Message Follows ----- From: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen () sprunk org> To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net> Cc: "North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes" <nanog () merit edu> Subject: Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:56:37 -0600
Thus spake "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>On Feb 24, 2006, at 9:03 PM, Scott Weeks wrote:I have 2 core routers (CR) and 3 access routers (AR) currently connected point-to-point where each ARconnects to >> each CR for a total of 6 ckts. Now someone has decided to >> connect them with Gig-E. I was wondering about the benefits >> or disadvantages of keeping the ckts each in their own >> individual LANs or tying them all into one VLAN for a >> "Transit LAN" as those folks that decided on going to Gig-E >> aren't doing any logical network architecting (is that a >> real word?). >Personally, I like the to KISS, so one big 'transitLAN'. 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. scott
Current thread:
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs, (continued)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Owen DeLong (Feb 25)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Stephen Sprunk (Feb 25)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Mark Smith (Feb 25)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Mark Smith (Feb 25)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Pete Templin (Feb 26)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Owen DeLong (Feb 26)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Stephen Sprunk (Feb 28)
- Re: Transit LAN vs. Individual LANs Stephen Sprunk (Feb 28)