Right. Flat and bridged are two different things. If you are bridging
VLANs all over the place, that doesn't really qualify as flat.
I might argue that bridging VLANs might be a bit more complicated to
manage, but I don't really know; I've never tried it.
Routing works for me.
bp
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On 3/9/2015 8:36 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Yeah, I should have said flat network. I think many of us had a flat
bridged network when we first started.
*From:* Jeremy <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 9:29 AM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged
networktorouted.
I am one of those people. We run a fully bridged network with
segmented VLANs to each AP. We also prune the VLANs over each
backhaul link so the packets only go where they are supposed to. This
segments the broadcast domain and resolves the majority of the issues
that a bridged network can suffer from. A bridged network doesn't
have to be a 'flat' network.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:23 AM, That One Guy
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
not to hijack you, but there are some who maintain a fully bridged
network and use VLAN instead of routing, this I am curious about,
it may be a cost effective solution for you as well.
I started our migration 4ish years ago and had the budget cut out
from under me with only half the routers deployed, let me tell
you, a 50/50 network sucks a great deal to manage. whatever you
do, make sure you have all your routers on your desk before you begin
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Everyone seems to have lived through this evolution at some point.
A bridged WISP is asking for trouble.
How many APs and how many sites? Are the switches at the sites
capable of supporting VLANs? That is where I would start.
Either that or replacing the switches with routers.
Personally, one router with VLANS to each AP via managed
switches would be my preference.
*From:* Brandon Yuchasz <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 9:10 AM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged
network torouted.
I am looking for help converting our network from bridged to
routed. This is something I don’t have a lot of background in
but I also don’t want to end the process having a system I
can’t fix so I will need someone that is willing to both do
the work and teach me at the same time. Depending on how the
process works in regards to time I am hoping to spend an hour
a week working over the phone and through a remote desktop app.
My main reasons for working on this now are I need to see
bandwidth use per SM, per AP, and have better ways of tracking
both long term. We are just to blind right now and starting to
really grow again I need to get it under control now before we
get to large.
I am open to suggestions on routers but already had purchased
microtik and butches scripts which after trying and failing to
get it to work never implemented.
Contact me off list [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> if you can help.
Thanks,
Brandon Yuchasz
GogebicRange.net
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