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Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6


From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:23:38 -0700


On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:04:44 +0200, sthaug () nethelp no said:

How big is huge? To some degree it depends on how broadcast "chatty"
the protocols used are - but there's also the matter of having a
size which makes it possible to troubleshoot. Personally I'd prefer
an upper limit of a few hundred computers.

And whatever you do, don't be like one med school and build a flat net
so big that spanning tree won't converge. ;)

by the time you throw trill and vpls into the mix it may be a common or pseudo-common broadcast domain but it's not 
flat.

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