Re: Any 1U - 2U Ethernet switches that can handle 4K VLANs?

[ken emery <ken () cnet com>]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Bill Nash wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, ken emery wrote:
> > > The point of using VLANs is that you don't need to route.  There's
> > > probably a good reason for switching instead of routing in the original
> > > poster's scenario.  (Perhaps a FTTH-like project?)
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong here, but at some point you will have to route
> > all those VLAN's.  To really answer the question about wether > 1000
> > VLAN's are necessary one would need to see the network design.

> I would argue this point. I've got a production environment sporting
> multiple vlans, none which will ever see an external subnet or even a
> gateway (think databases.) The operative context inherent in the VLAN
> acronym is, after all, 'local', and not every topology requires routing.

This is correct, but then why spend the money on a L3 switch?  Routing
isn't needed so save the money and purchase a L2 switch.

bye,
ken emery