[nsp] Catalyst 3550-12T

[James Galliford]

Understood.  I'm guessing that's why the 3550 is about 2½ times as much in cost.

-----Original Message-----
From: sthaug at nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug at nethelp.no] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:14 AM
To: James Galliford
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: RE: [nsp] Catalyst 3550-12T


> I see.  I won't need to do any .1q tunneling, I just need basic VLAN 
> tagging.  In which circumstances would I need to use .1q tunneling?

Typical service provider example: Delivering a leased line replacement, where you receive a VLAN trunk from a customer at points A and B and want to connect this across your metro network using only one VLAN (ie. you don't need to/want to know all the customer's VLANs).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no