VPLS all the way! WE used to do it on L2 with Cisco, just like you... After more than 80 circuits like this, most of them multi site... We area migrating to Mikrotik MPLS/VPLS and loving it!
BTW on Cisco switches you have to define STP per Vlan, don't ask for the command line... We use the Cisco GUI .... Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:44 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cisco VLAN help Just a FYI, I would just create a tunnel between the two sites. No configuration on your backend network, bandwidth restrictions are the same as internet traffic typically, etc. Simpler, and no "loop" issues. ------------------------------ * Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services* 314-735-0270 http://www.linktechs.net <http://www.linktechs.net/> */ Link Technologies, Inc is offering LIVE Mikrotik On-Line Training <http://www.linktechs.net/onlinetraining.asp>/* Travis Johnson wrote: > Ok... found the original problem... a few switches did not have the vlan > setup in the vlan database. So the VLAN is up and working now... but the > problem is because we have a "ring", we use Spanning Tree to keep from > having a loop in the network. But when we bring up the VLAN, the > spanning-tree does not start blocking the VLAN traffic. It does block > the "normal" VLAN1 traffic (like it always has), but the new VLAN never > gets "blocked", so it creates a loop around the ring. > > Am I missing something? I've checked the settings and can't find > anything that I missed to make it work... > > Travis > Microserv > > Eric Rogers wrote: > >> Try a "show interface fastethernet x/y switchport" and see what is the >> status of the port and that trunking VLANs enabled are also trunking >> VLANs active. >> >> >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Travis Johnson >> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 5:17 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cisco VLAN help >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> By default, when doing the switchport mode trunk, all VLAN's are allowed >> (I even issued the command "switchport trunk allowed vlan all" and it >> did not display on the sho conf afterward). >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Patrick Shoemaker wrote: >> >> Travis Johnson wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I need some Cisco switch VLAN help. >> >> I currently have about 60 Cisco 3500 series switches connected >> via the >> GBIC ports all in a ring configuration with spanning tree. I am >> trying >> to setup a VLAN for a customer between two of the FastEthernet >> ports so >> they can connect their offices. I have port 5 on each switch >> setup in >> VLAN105 and every GBIC port on all the switches setup as >> trunking ports. >> There are 17 other cisco switches between these two. >> >> I have this setup between two other offices, but they are >> directly >> connected to each other, with no other switches in between. >> >> What am I missing? >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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