Re: VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-25 Thread 416South
I still don't see the need for VTP??? Have given the password thing some thought before but not sure if needed in a smaller star topology type network. There are no other switchblocks. A good stoning sounds awsome to me. As far as bunnies and spanning tree I've made my core switch root

Re: VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jun 16, 9:41pm, Mike Sweeney wrote: } } LOL- you have those nice people too? We threatened one guy with a very } public stoning after he did something like that. Just tell him that he won The Lottery; see http://www.mostweb.cc/Classics/Jackson/TheLottery/ }-- End of excerpt from

VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-24 Thread 416South
Thanks for your input on this I agree VTP could be good if you have many switchblocks in a campus environment. In my environment there is only one distribution 5500 with all closet switches patching back to the CAT 5500 . In a star topology. I'm just not convinced that everyone will follow

RE: VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-24 Thread Mike Sweeney
Then use VTP and password it. They can drop a switch but without the password configured, it's ignored. See the following link for details: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/21.html#v2 It's best to have things like spanning tree, VTP and whatnot set up since few of us are seers and can

Re: VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-24 Thread Chuck Larrieu
not to mention those little bunnies who don't want to waste the busy network people's time so install their own cheap switches and hubs onto the LAN, dual homing them, and wreaking havoc with spanning tree when they power up and power down their non-authorized equipment. ;- Chuck Mike Sweeney

Re: VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-24 Thread Mike Sweeney
LOL- you have those nice people too? We threatened one guy with a very public stoning after he did something like that. MikeS Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=33173t=33097 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription