[BUGS] IT Support Business with FreeBSD servers

[Wilkinson, Alex]

    0n Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:54:31PM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: 

    >On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:42:46PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
    >> top dollar to get things fixed), but just some idea how to play with 
    >> vlans in IOS and get snmp running, then set up some reasonable ACLS to 
    >
    >VLANs and IOS... That is the greatest drama I have ever seen.
    >
    >IOS is based on the concept of interfaces: Every interface has its
    >own IP subnet. The whole configuration of the router is based on
    >it. And then they get something like VLANs in which an interface
    >isn't linked to an IP subnet anymore. And then it gets messy.....
    >
    >Riverstone and Extreme Networks have resolved this beautiful by
    >separating interfaces and subnets. You create a VLAN, you add an
    >IP address to it, you might want to add a VLAN tag to it if you are
    >brave. Then you add ports, tagged or untagged, to it. That makes
    >sense. That worse fine. That gives you a configuration from which
    >you can see if it works.
    >
    >Cisco IOS has a horrible scar on its body because of this history.
    >
    >Oh, somebody says I should stop getting upset about this and get
    >of my soapbox. See you all next week!

Edwin, I actually found what you wrote quite interesting ;)
I hadn't even heard of Riverstone and Extreme Networks.

 -aW

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