Before we get all feature crazed here, let me make a point in the defence of
simplicity. Given the fact that technical and in some cases corporate ownership of
enterprise networks is often transient, it is always wise to implement systems in
simplistic ways. Naturally there has to be some balance between functionality and
simplicity, but I'd always tend toward the simple side.
With respect to the use of dynamic VLANs, I have simply seen very few instances where
this type of functionality was a necessity. Given the additional complexity and the
very high likelihood, particularily in the educational space, that new staff will
inherit the system sometime down the road, I would strong consider the options before
deploying such a setup.
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On 1/14/2001 at 1:38 PM J Roysdon wrote:
>Those that know, do. Those that don't, won't bother to even try. We've got
>a number of e-rate installs going on for local school districts. Back when
>I was at the low-end of the networking totem pole I used to get these dumped
>on me. When it was up to me, I discussed with the customer in detail what
>we could do to take advantage of the hardware they were buying and we'd
>often implement at least static vlans, and in same cases dynamic vlans.
>
>Now, the current MCSE/CNE engineers who've got this sort of e-rate work
>dumped on them just plug in IP addresses, document serial and MAC addresses,
>and plug it all in, and consider the job done. And we're talking 6509s &
>4840Gs. Oh well, at least the schools have the hardware and can figure out
>how to implement it better when the need comes (they're blow away with gig
>backbone and 100mbit to the desktop, when they've been used to 10mbit hubs
>everywhere).
>
>Of course, one of these paper MCSE's has also failed the CCNA twice now.
>You'd think if nothing else they'd take advantage of having access to this
>gear to learn on.
>
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>> Is it me, or is it that LAN switching engineers here are rare? Is anyone,
>> beside myself, using dynamic VLANs in a multi-layer campus environment?
>>
>> Jeff
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