[c-nsp] Design question

Eric Helm helmwork at ruraltel.net
Thu Jul 21 17:05:24 EDT 2005


Kevin Graham wrote:
> The main concern to me would be separating out the wireless access
> from the corporate traffic that the network is (apparently) already
> carrying.
> 
> First step would be to separate control plane on the Airopoints -- use
> .1q on the fastether port and specify a VLAN for the SSID that will be
> used for hotspot access (Use the native-vlan for management via BVI1).
> 
>>From there, break out a separate interface on the router and stick it
> in a VRF for the hotspot access. From there, you can stick whatever
> your uplink (ie. GRE) to the service gateway in the VRF as well and
> not have to worry about the policy routing or any leaking between the
> two.
> 
> Depending on the data Rodney asked for, there might be cleaner ways
> then GRE (ie. if its traditional PtP T1's, use frame relay encap and
> replace the GRE tunnel with a DLCI-mapped sub-interface; if you're
> dealing w/ IPSec back to the home site, consider a parallel set of
> tunnels).
> 

Actually, there will not be any corporate traffic on this network. It is
all only for Internet access to the apartments. And, for cost concerns I
need to use 871 routers.
I also forgot to mention that PPPoE will be the connection method at
most of the sites.

/Eric


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