[AusNOG] VPLS Router Support

[Narelle]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Ryan Benson <mail at ryanbenson.net> wrote:
>
> At the present moment I am trying to find out how best to transport
> customer Vlans across my network, if this can achieved with MPLS with
> some degree of success, or if best to go all the way and move into a
> VPLS based solution. Spanning tree is my worse nightmare at the
> moment!

Aah yes. There are places to do spanning tree, and there are places not to.

I have an email somewhere from years ago where Radia Perlman (who
invented it) fullky endorsing that observation. She was quite
astounded at the time that people would even think of doing it in
metro area networks.

VPLS can be great for shipping VLANs and you get all the MPLS benefits
without the pain of routers in places you don't need them.

I was going to give examples, but after my original post I found an
email telling me I am now elected to the Board of ISOC, so had better
not endorse any particular routers! LOL


All the best


Narelle

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