Re: [c-nsp] MST and Uplinkfast

2009-08-27 Thread David Hughes
The fact that Rapid STP is an active protocol (rather than the old listen / learn / wait) implies that workarounds like uplinkfast are nolonger required. MST uses RSTP as the STP within the instances and as such gains all the benefits that rapid gives you. David ... On 27/08/2009, at

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 00:07 +0200, Gert Doering wrote: HSRP with IPv6 is there on IOS, VRRP with IPv6 is there on JunOS and (as far as I understand) coming soon to IOS. yep, works like a charm on Junos, same sub-second failover as on VRRP for v4. dan...@jun1. show vrrp interface

Re: [c-nsp] MST and Uplinkfast

2009-08-27 Thread Andy Saykao
Hi David, Thanks for the reply... With MST deployed across our network now, the access layer switches take 20-30seconds before they start switching traffic via the redundant link. Prior to this we were using PVST+ and with uplinkfast enabled on these access layer switches, once the primary link

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 21:23 +0100, Alexander Clouter wrote: Some of us would disagree rather strongly with one or more of those points. For instance, for us DHCPv6 is a hard requirement. Why the hard requirement? DHCPv6 prefix delegation. And DNS assignment. And a bunch of other

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Daniel Verlouw wrote: No real experience with HSRP though, can anyone shed some light on that? I understand it only works for link-local addresses? Yes, unfortunately it is only link-local. I am just trying to figure it out how to marry link-local with our global ipv6 assignments. --

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread sthaug
Some of us would disagree rather strongly with one or more of those points. For instance, for us DHCPv6 is a hard requirement. Why the hard requirement? Is this for a MAC-IP association table? I'm working on a method (might not work mind you) to make a SLAAC network forfill this

Re: [c-nsp] Audit tool for Cisco Config files

2009-08-27 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, I'm wondering if any of you have run across a tool that will audit a cisco configuration file (or files as the case may be) against a standard template? we've written a few of our own scripts to check for settings, presence and absence of values etc. We have a configuration file

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Bjørn Mork
Daniel Verlouw dan...@bit.nl writes: (does anyone actually implement RFC 5006 yet?) Sure they do. radvd can announce RDNSS and rdnssd (part of the ndisc6 toolbox) can be used on the client side: http://www.remlab.net/ndisc6/ When it comes to real routers, I don't know... The Juniper ERXes

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Bjørn Mork wrote: When it comes to real routers, I don't know... The Juniper ERXes have support for setting IPv6 DNS servers via RADIUS, but this seems to only configure the local dhcpv6 server running on the ERX. Cisco DHCPv6 server in 12.4(24)T can hand out DNS server

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Bjørn Mork
sth...@nethelp.no writes: Some of us would disagree rather strongly with one or more of those points. For instance, for us DHCPv6 is a hard requirement. Why the hard requirement? Is this for a MAC-IP association table? I'm working on a method (might not work mind you) to make a SLAAC

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Daniel Verlouw wrote: No real experience with HSRP though, can anyone shed some light on that? I understand it only works for link-local addresses? Yes, unfortunately it is only link-local. I am just trying to figure it out how to marry link-local with our global

[c-nsp] SXI1 and 2 breaks 100FX-MM boards

2009-08-27 Thread Jeff Fitzwater
We have 24 port 100FX MM boards WS-X6324-100FX-MM in a 13 slot chassis, and none of these modules come up all the way with SXI1 or 2. In Version 1 the modules were not even recognized yet were a supported device. In rev 2 they are recognized and indicate that they pass the diags after

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 08:59:17AM +0100, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: Some of us would disagree rather strongly with one or more of those points. For instance, for us DHCPv6 is a hard requirement. Why the hard requirement? Is this for a MAC-IP association table? I'm working on a method

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Alexander Clouter
Hi, * Bjørn Mork bj...@mork.no [2009-08-27 11:31:08+0200]: sth...@nethelp.no writes: Some of us would disagree rather strongly with one or more of those points. For instance, for us DHCPv6 is a hard requirement. Why the hard requirement? Is this for a MAC-IP association table?

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
Phil Mayers wrote: Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Daniel Verlouw wrote: No real experience with HSRP though, can anyone shed some light on that? I understand it only works for link-local addresses? Yes, unfortunately it is only link-local. I am just trying to figure it out how to marry link-local

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Phil Mayers wrote: Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Daniel Verlouw wrote: No real experience with HSRP though, can anyone shed some light on that? I understand it only works for link-local addresses? Yes, unfortunately it is only link-local. I am just trying to figure it out how to marry link-local

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Phil Mayers wrote: Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Daniel Verlouw wrote: No real experience with HSRP though, can anyone shed some light on that? I understand it only works for link-local addresses? Yes, unfortunately it is only link-local. I am just trying to figure it out

Re: [c-nsp] SXI1 and 2 breaks 100FX-MM boards

2009-08-27 Thread Jeff Fitzwater
Forgot to note that with SXI they work. Its the version 1 and 2 that have the problem. Jeff On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Jeff Fitzwater wrote: We have 24 port 100FX MM boards WS-X6324-100FX-MM in a 13 slot chassis, and none of these modules come up all the way with SXI1 or 2. In

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 11:20 +0100, Phil Mayers wrote: I don't understand; all link-local IPs are fe80::/64 link local unicast range is FE80::/10 --Daniel. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] cisco router 2800/3800 serie

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:40:37PM +0200, Peter Rathlev wrote: On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 13:00 -0500, Justin Shore wrote: I'm suspect that the interface MTU of the 1841 may not go above 1500. It's even worse, it doesn't seem to support MTU != 1500 at all on the built in FE interfaces.

Re: [c-nsp] SXI1 and 2 breaks 100FX-MM boards

2009-08-27 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, We have 24 port 100FX MM boards WS-X6324-100FX-MM in a 13 slot chassis, and none of these modules come up all the way with SXI1 or 2. In Version 1 the modules were not even recognized yet were a supported device. In rev 2 they are recognized and indicate that they pass the diags

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 09:35:54AM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote: IPv6 emulated the then-state-of-the-art IPX autoconfig mechanisms, and seems reluctant to admit it's missed out the last decade of operational knowledge acquired with IPv4. SLAAC should die the death it so richly deserves

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Phil Mayers wrote: Do you have any plans for such IP division? I just thought about replacing first 16 bits of public v6 address with fe80, but maybe you have better ideas. I don't understand; all link-local IPs are fe80::/64 i.e. link-local are always fe80::::the mac You can't

Re: [c-nsp] RPS 675 question

2009-08-27 Thread Mateusz Blaszczyk
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:59:02AM -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote: Justin Shore wrote: andr...@one.net wrote: I'm getting ready to install some RPS 675's in order to dual cord some 3750's and ran across this in the manual: Don't forget rebooting to go back to internal power. Except on 2088

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 09:35:54AM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote: IPv6 emulated the then-state-of-the-art IPX autoconfig mechanisms, and seems reluctant to admit it's missed out the last decade of operational knowledge acquired with IPv4. SLAAC should die the death it so

Re: [c-nsp] SXI1 and 2 breaks 100FX-MM boards

2009-08-27 Thread Jeff Fitzwater
We have sup-7203C-10G and it show the module being supported.. It also works in SXI just not SXI1 or 2 We are not running VSM Jeff WS-X6324-100FX-MM 1.52 a...@42 V 24-port 100FX Ethernet •Single mode and multimode MT-RJ •128-KB per-port packet buffers •QoS port architecture (Rx/Tx):

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 27/08/2009 11:41, Gert Doering wrote: SLAAC works *very* well for the things it was made for: zero-conf environments, with no dedicated DHCP server - as in home networks or office networks. No it doesn't. After 13 years of ipv6 development, I still can't plug my mac or my windows box into

Re: [c-nsp] SXI1 and 2 breaks 100FX-MM boards

2009-08-27 Thread Reinhold Fischer
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 05:42:58AM -0400, Jeff Fitzwater wrote: We have 24 port 100FX MM boards WS-X6324-100FX-MM in a 13 slot chassis, and none of these modules come up all the way with SXI1 or 2. In Version 1 the modules were not even recognized yet were a supported device. In rev

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:51:42PM +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Link-local IP's are fe80::/10, so I planned to use fe80::/16 in my network just by replacing first 16 bits of our public IP's. Can anyone say whether this is bad or wrong idea? :) Bad *and* wrong. Link-locals are

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:11:46PM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote: But some people seem to think DHCP is a mistake, and DHCP options a mistake and allocating fixed IPs a mistake. I cannot share that view. Well, as always there's more than one way to do it. The fact that you like DHCP more, and

Re: [c-nsp] cisco router 2800/3800 serie

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:27:35PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:40:37PM +0200, Peter Rathlev wrote: On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 13:00 -0500, Justin Shore wrote: I'm suspect that the interface MTU of the 1841 may not go above 1500. It's even worse, it doesn't seem

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 12:51 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Link-local IP's are fe80::/10, so I planned to use fe80::/16 in my network just by replacing first 16 bits of our public IP's. Can anyone say whether this is bad or wrong idea? :) VRRPv6 (on Junos at least) requires you to

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
Gert Doering wrote: A bit more tolerance and less my solution is the only one that has any right to survive! would have helped a lot here. You're right, and my language was unhelpful. Basically I'm venting ;o) and I'm sorry if I've offended you Gert - particularly as I've a lot of respect

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Daniel Verlouw wrote: On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 12:51 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Link-local IP's are fe80::/10, so I planned to use fe80::/16 in my network just by replacing first 16 bits of our public IP's. Can anyone say whether this is bad or wrong idea? :) VRRPv6 (on Junos at least)

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 14:13 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Why did they make v6 so complicated? What is wrong with public IP's on vrrp/hsrp? VRRPv6 -does- use global unicast addresses, so you can just tell your clients to point to the global unicast address. --Daniel.

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread TJ
While I agree the dearth of RA/DNS support is annoying, in all reality the environments that we are talking about aren't v6 only. Atleast, the environments I work in, that is. They still have v4 (even if RFC19181/NATed), and can rely on DHCP(v4) to get DNS (and other) information and SLAAC can and

[c-nsp] Monitor 3560

2009-08-27 Thread almog ohayon
Hello Everyone,i wondered if anyone knows how to monitor 3560 interface vlan traffic ? i have only 1 uplink interface and lots of vlan through it and i don't know which vlan is busy and which one is not.. thanks. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Daniel Verlouw wrote: On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 14:13 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Why did they make v6 so complicated? What is wrong with public IP's on vrrp/hsrp? VRRPv6 -does- use global unicast addresses, so you can just tell your clients to point to the global unicast address. Could

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, No it doesn't. After 13 years of ipv6 development, I still can't plug my mac or my windows box into an ipv6 only network and actually expect it to work, because RA/RDNSS client support is so hit and miss. ..whereas I cant plug my Mac into an IPv4 network and actually expect it to

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, I wonder that the point of force DHCPv6 on everbody, just because DHCP is liked more by some is...? ..that warm fuzzy feeling of familiarity in an alien world...plus knowing that you've already got logging/billing/etc sorted sure, you can pull info or get polled about SLACC etc but that

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 14:40 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: VRRPv6 -does- use global unicast addresses, so you can just tell your clients to point to the global unicast address. Could you please point me a cisco.com webpage confirming that? Cisco doesn't support VRRPv6 yet afaik (?). For

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Nick Hilliard wrote: No it doesn't. After 13 years of ipv6 development, I still can't plug my mac or my windows box into an ipv6 only network and actually expect it to work, because RA/RDNSS client support is so hit and miss. It works with DHCPv6, at least with Windows

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Phil Mayers wrote: Hmm. So in theory you can configure a router to advertise fe80:something::/64 as the link prefix? Ok; why would you want to? Link-local prefixes are still link-local, it just requires an extra link of config to make bits 11-64 the same as the unicast prefix. You cannot

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Verlouw
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 14:45 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: You cannot have the same link-local IP's on different ifaces, can you? sure you can, that's what link-local is for. dan...@jun1. show interfaces | match fe80::2$ | count Count: 16 lines --Daniel.

Re: [c-nsp] RPS 675 question

2009-08-27 Thread Ryan West
Press what button? Sent from handheld. On Aug 27, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Mateusz Blaszczyk blah...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:59:02AM -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote: Justin Shore wrote: andr...@one.net wrote: I'm getting ready to install some RPS 675's in order to dual cord

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Grzegorz Janoszka
Daniel Verlouw wrote: On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 14:45 +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: You cannot have the same link-local IP's on different ifaces, can you? sure you can, that's what link-local is for. dan...@jun1. show interfaces | match fe80::2$ | count Count: 16 lines So, can I have

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Phil Mayers
Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: Phil Mayers wrote: Hmm. So in theory you can configure a router to advertise fe80:something::/64 as the link prefix? Ok; why would you want to? Link-local prefixes are still link-local, it just requires an extra link of config to make bits 11-64 the same as the

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 01:05:11PM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote: Gert Doering wrote: A bit more tolerance and less my solution is the only one that has any right to survive! would have helped a lot here. You're right, and my language was unhelpful. Basically I'm venting ;o) and I'm

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 27/08/2009 14:13, Gert Doering wrote: (OTOH: if you plug your laptop with 'a random choice of IPv6-enabled operating system' into an IPv6 only network with DHCPv6, does it work? I seem to remember that MacOS X doesn't do any DHCPv6, just SLAAC and mDNS...) I'm not pointing fingers or

Re: [c-nsp] Audit tool for Cisco Config files

2009-08-27 Thread luismi
http://unix.freshmeat.net/projects/nipper ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] SXI1 and 2 breaks 100FX-MM boards

2009-08-27 Thread egregory
I have run into the exact same problem here. === Eric Gregory Network and Telecommunications Services University of Maryland === Jeff Fitzwater wrote: We have 24 port 100FX MM boards WS-X6324-100FX-MM in a 13 slot

[c-nsp] %CRYPTO-6-IKMP_MODE_FAILURE: Processing of Quick mode failed with peer at 11.22.33.44

2009-08-27 Thread luismi
Hi all, I just configured a cisco 1841 to create a ipsec vpn against another network (exactly against a PFSense box) and I am seeing a lot messages like %CRYPTO-6-IKMP_MODE_FAILURE: Processing of Quick mode failed with peer at 11.22.33.44 %CRYPTO-6-IKMP_MODE_FAILURE: Processing of Quick mode

Re: [c-nsp] Monitor 3560

2009-08-27 Thread Harald Firing Karlsen
almog ohayon wrote: Hello Everyone,i wondered if anyone knows how to monitor 3560 interface vlan traffic ? i have only 1 uplink interface and lots of vlan through it and i don't know which vlan is busy and which one is not.. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 platform doesn't update VLAN interface

[c-nsp] sh mac-addr dyn times out

2009-08-27 Thread C and C Dominte
I recently configured two Catalyst 6509 switches in a VSS cluster. When I am issuing the command “show mac-address-table dynamic”, I’m getting the following output: Legend: * - primary entry age - seconds since last seen n/a - not available vlan mac address type

[c-nsp] VPN Auditing

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Stewart
Hi folks... We have a site that runs a Cisco 2800 with a IOS VPN server. Users connect via their Cisco VPN clients to gain access to an internal network there... I would like to start auditing it a bit more and have a way to tell who logged in and when. Is this difficult? I've searched

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Mohacsi Janos
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Nick Hilliard wrote: On 27/08/2009 11:41, Gert Doering wrote: SLAAC works *very* well for the things it was made for: zero-conf environments, with no dedicated DHCP server - as in home networks or office networks. No it doesn't. After 13 years of ipv6 development, I

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Granados
That and having the free IPV6 porn as a motivator sooner might have helped too.;) - Original Message - From: Nick Hilliard n...@inex.ie To: Gert Doering g...@greenie.muc.de Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was

Re: [c-nsp] Monitor 3560

2009-08-27 Thread Randy McAnally
It does however, count traffic routed between VLANs. -- Randy www.FastServ.com -- Original Message --- From: Harald Firing Karlsen maill...@thelan.no To: almog ohayon almog.purep...@gmail.com Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:25:54 +0200 Subject: Re: [c-nsp]

Re: [c-nsp] %CRYPTO-6-IKMP_MODE_FAILURE: Processing of Quick mode failed with peer at 11.22.33.44

2009-08-27 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 16:21 +0200, luismi wrote: I just configured a cisco 1841 to create a ipsec vpn against another network (exactly against a PFSense box) and I am seeing a lot messages like %CRYPTO-6-IKMP_MODE_FAILURE: Processing of Quick mode failed with peer at 11.22.33.44

Re: [c-nsp] Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Randy McAnally
No, we actually carve out one or more subnet for each VPS host and assign individual IPs to each VPS. Few IPs are wasted. The only drawback is that a VPS must change IP to be shifted to an alternate node. -- Randy -- Original Message --- From: Shaun R.

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 02:45:29PM +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote: You cannot have the same link-local IP's on different ifaces, can you? You can. As it is link-*local*, whatever is on one interface has no relevance to what is on other interfaces. gert -- USENET is *not* the

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00:35AM -0700, Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote: ipv6 address v6 address::1/64 anycast That's cool. How exactly does it work? I assume that the anycast suffix will suppress DAD, and then the client will use whichever router answers first on the ND request for

Re: [c-nsp] %CRYPTO-6-IKMP_MODE_FAILURE: Processing of Quick mode failed with peer at 11.22.33.44

2009-08-27 Thread luismi
First of all, Thanks to everyone, after a detailed review of my Cisco config as well several coffee I fixed it. The problem was some errors in the ACLs related with the crypto map. Now everything is ok :-D Thanks again. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

[c-nsp] EEM Question

2009-08-27 Thread NMaio
Does anybody know why when using EEM to write to syslog after an event there is an extra blank line written? And if so how to stop that from happening. I have an quick applet that just checks to see if the routers was configured by snmp and then writes a log message but every time it also

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
Hi, On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00:35AM -0700, Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote: ipv6 address v6 address::1/64 anycast That's cool. How exactly does it work? I haven't been able to find anything specifically on Cisco's website about how it really works. Even the tech docs just say it

[c-nsp] Wireless LAN controller 5508 on VSS

2009-08-27 Thread Shine Joseph
Hi, Can someone guide me if I can use WLC 5508's all the the 8 ports connected to a VSS with 4 links to each chassis? The reason I am asking this question is; in the documentation of VSS it says, not to turn off LACP or PAgP for creating MEC. But, for WLC LAG, the portchannel negtiation must

Re: [c-nsp] MST and Uplinkfast

2009-08-27 Thread Andy Saykao
Hi All, I have noticed that with MST and rapid failover that those ports which are not boundary ports or do not have portfast enabled go through the blocking, listening and learning states again before forwarding. Here's me shutting off the primary link Gi0/49. You can see the redundant link on

Re: [c-nsp] MST and Uplinkfast

2009-08-27 Thread Lincoln Dale
On 28/08/2009, at 9:18 AM, Andy Saykao wrote: I have noticed that with MST and rapid failover that those ports which are not boundary ports or do not have portfast enabled go through the blocking, listening and learning states again before forwarding. whether its PVRST+ or MST used, you

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

2009-08-27 Thread TJ
Good evening! I read through RFC2373 and it doesn't detail how it works either - it just specifies what you can and cannot do. The main point is that anycast only works on routers, not hosts. I can tell you that the router shows that DAD is *not* enabled on either interface. But, this is

Re: [c-nsp] MST and Uplinkfast

2009-08-27 Thread Andy Saykao
Hi Licoln, We may have to do what you have suggested - thanks for the suggestion. I labbed all this up today with mixed results. Basic access layer switch with an access port (laptop pulgged into it) and two links out (one to dist1-switch and one to dist2-switch). Each dist switch connecting to