[c-nsp] VTP client can update server: why?

[Dale W. Carder]

Thus spake Vincent De Keyzer (vincent at dekeyzer.net) on Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 01:11:06PM +0200:
> does anybody know why Cisco decided that a VTP client would update a VTP
> server (if its version number is higher) ?
> To me, this seems to go against any logic.

And is why nobody in their right mind runs VTP ;^)

Check out VTPv3, or use staticly assigned vlans and trunk configurations.

Also check out the VTP section in:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/hw/switches/ps663/products_tech_note09186a0080094713.shtml

Dale

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Dale W. Carder - Network Engineer
University of Wisconsin at Madison
http://net.doit.wisc.edu/~dwcarder