I'd check w/ the provider. They may be giving you only 5 VLANs to avoid explaining/configuring QinQ -- remember, most small school environments are limited on their IT knowledge. I bet if you ask, they already support it, or have the gear/people to help with your need.
David. On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Matt Addison <matt.addi...@lists.evilgeni.us> wrote: > Sent from my mobile device, so please excuse any horrible misspellings. > > On Jan 6, 2012, at 15:32, Bonald <bon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> We need to purchase some switch that support 1gbit QinQ. >> Any suggestions ? We need to connect 9 schools together in layer2. >> All 9 schools have 1gb link from our provider, provider gaves us 5 vlan to >> work with. >> We have around 35 vlan in-house. >> >> We are low budget. Any recommendation beside QinQ ? > > Your provider won't do QinQ for you? Have you verified they support > the appropriate MTU for you to do your own QinQ under their tag (at > least 1502)? > > As far as equipment, most Cisco kit from 3550 on up will do QinQ. > > Other alternatives would be to light it with routers and do EoMPLS or > VPLS, but it'll be more expensive than just doing QinQ but potentially > more scalable/stable. >