Thanks for that gem! Loved the koan!
My amusement over the whole thing even overcame my reaction to the mixed metaphors
with bridging as the gateway to routers :-)
--Bruce
"Kevin D. Clark" wrote:
> Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Since VLANs are for making virtual networks, perhaps you can have a system
> > with multiple physical connections treat them all as the same VLAN
> > interface? Just a guess, I really don't know much about VLANs. (Hey,
> > sounds like a great talk for GNHLUG, Kevin! ;-)
>
> Everything you need to know about VLANs is discussed in the following
> koan:
>
> Goso said: ``When a packet goes out of its egress to the edge of
> the abyss, its header and its payload all pass through, but why can't
> the VLAN tag also pass?''
>
> Kevin's comment: If anyone can open one eye at this point and say a
> word of layer-2 bridging, he or she is qualified to discuss the
> intricacies of ``one-armed routers'', and, not only that, he or she
> can save all sentient beings under them from broadcast storms caused by
> Windoze boxen. But if he or she cannot say such a word of true IEEE 802.1Q
> VLANs, he or she should turn back to their tag.
>
> If the packet is transmitted, it will fall into the ether;
> If it remains in the queue, it will exceed its TTL,
> That little VLAN tag
> Is a very strange thing.
>
>
> (apologies to Mumon... (-: )
>
> --kevin
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