On 15/Aug/16 12:54, Mohammad Khalil wrote:
> Hi all > I have 7 switches that will be connected as Ring topology > In the coming future , each one of these switches will be connected to other > switches to form sub-rings > Number of Vlans in use are within 3 - 5 Vlans > One of these switches will be connected to a firewall (each Vlan GW is a > sub-interface on the FW) > Now , what I was thinking of , should I use REP ? will that cause a problem > with the sub-rings ? > Or > should I implement routing on the main ring and keep Layer 2 active on > the sub-rings ? or should I keep default STP running inside the network ? If these are IP-capable switches, go IP (if MPLS is possible, even better). Stay away from Layer 2 core rings if you can help it. Mark. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
