Since when does a VLAN provide network wide shared services and access to
the server block - answer no
I agree with you on D though no way
C is the answer
Duck
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Larkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Low How Ming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 6:06 AM
Subject: RE: BCSN
> Since when does a VLAN provide redundant access to a workgroup - answer
NO.
> VLANS are to create "secure" collision domains - no overlapping.. Again ,
I
> believe "E" is the way to go
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Low How Ming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 07 September 2000 11:06
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: BCSN
>
>
> I agree with Bradley that there is no clear correct answer for this
> question, but given that we're looking for the best answer, I would choose
> E.
>
> A: nothing to do with transport layer
> B: too ambiguous (not necessary that inter-VLAN routing uses Layer 3
> switching, could use an external router doing software routing)
> C: does address scalability issues, but nothing to do with Layer 3
> routing protocols for network management VLAN
> D: VLANs provide redundant access to workgroup?? Most likely no.
> E: First part is on the nail, second part is extremely vague
>
> Any comments?
>
>
> ""Bradley J. Wilson"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> 01a501c0179b$83fdec40$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:01a501c0179b$83fdec40$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Looks like a detailed breakdown of this one is in order:
> >
> > VLANs have been designed to _____.
> >
> > A. address forwarding decisions based on transport layer information
and
> > spanning tree scalability
> >
> > (VLANs have nothing to do with Layer 4, so we can cross this one out.)
> >
> > B. maximize the amount of traffic switched at Layer 3 and minimize the
> > amount of traffic switched at Layer 2
> >
> > (Design dictates that we want to take the opposite approach, and
besides -
> > VLANs are Layer 2 services, not Layer 3.)
> >
> > C. address the scalability issues of a flat network topology and the
> > addition of network management through Layer 3 routing protocols
> >
> > (Well, I like the use of the words "scalability" and "flat," but VLANs
> have
> > nothing to do with routing protocols, and routing protocols don't have
> > anything to do with network management!)
> >
> > D. address redundant access to the workgroup and migration of servers
to
> > server farms for increased security and management of data resources
> >
> > (Hmmmm...redundancy? Not sure that's the thrust behind using VLANs...I
> like
> > the security idea, but think design again - that's a Distribution Layer
> > problem, not an Access Layer problem, which is where VLANs live.
Scratch
> > this one too.)
> >
> > E. address segmenting broadcast domains while still providing
> network-wide
> > shared services and allowing users to use hyperlinks to hop
transparently
> > between servers across enterprise networks
> >
> > (Okay, segmenting broadcast domains I love...but *hyperlinks*? Your
> signal
> > is breaking up, Captain...)
> >
> > Every answer given is a tug-o-war in itself - it gives enough
> "correctness"
> > to make you want to pick it, but then throws a bunch of crap at you from
> > left field. So, the verdict is: this has to be one of the most
> > poorly-worded quiz questions *ever* written. Ignore it. :-)
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Bradley J. Wilson
> > CCNA, CCDA, MCSE, CCSE, CNX-A, MCT, CTT
> >
> >
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