Soo.what is the most STP switches anyone has had on a single collision domain?
On 1/24/09, Nathan Stooke <nstooke...@wisperisp.com> wrote: > Hello, > > We rolled out MPLS more to get VPLS. While we have plans to really > utilize the MPLS we really need the VPLS for our clients that needed > transport across our network. On another note ATT is pushing MPLS > connections to multiple sites instead of their T1 services in our area. > Even though they are really using the T1s for the service and they are > really offering VPLS services. > > We have not really any issues with the MPLS or VPLS. Of course I > have the best or one of the best network admin's around so he had everything > tested and when we implemented it is was very smooth. > > Thanks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Butch Evans > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:44 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] How many switches can do RSTP? > > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 17:23 +0100, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: >> to be honest mikrotik routing is not working well, and we are far from >> being happy about the OSPF implementation: too many bugs and lost routes. > > While there are some bugs in SOME versions of Mikrotik's RouterOS > releases, it is far from being "too many bugs" to be used. Of course, I > only have about 200 or so networks that I maintain with only about 2500 > routers to base this on.... > >> So, I would like to move to something more robust. Mikrotik MPLS >> implementation looks more at experimental stage and I would not use it >> for any reason in any production network. Maybe I am wrong and it's >> really stable, so if somebody is using mikrotik-MPLS let us know it! > > MPLS is not likely to be a "best solution" regardless of the platform > you use. Like WiMAX, however, MPLS is a new "buzzword" that people will > flock to. Mikrotik's MPLS implementation is brand new and not one I'd > recommend for anyone at this point. I have 3 or 4 customers with > networks large enough to gain some benefit from MPLS. One is attempting > to get it working with some limited success. > > In most cases, you won't really need MPLS to accomplish your design > goals. So far, I haven't seen you say what you are having trouble with, > just that you have not correctly configured your OSPF implementation > (you said it like it was purely a MT problem, but I doubt that is likely > based on my own experiences). > > -- > ******************************************************************** > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > ******************************************************************** > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
