[c-nsp] 2950 Spanning-tree question

[Charles Regan]

FIBER --- SWITCH --- CACHE --- SHAPER --- SWITCH --- ROUTER
                    |-----------------FAILOVER-------------------|

Since my router only have one external port, i will need to plug the
external port into the switch and put an access vlan on that port and put
failover link and bridges link on the same vlan ?

The internal and external port of the router will be plugged into the same
switch but on different vlan.

Does that make sense ?

Thanks.


On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Joe Maimon <jmaimon at ttec.com> wrote:

> you should put a switch on the fiber from ISP.
>
> Then use spanning tree between two paths, one that goes through the
> bridges and one that doesnt. Adjusts your costs and your good to go.
>
> If the bridges interfere with spanning tree, you will probably need to to
> internal routing.
>
> Or if your ISP is kind enough to run two BGP sessions, you can have one on
> each internal link. Adjust your weights and your good to go.
>
>
> Charles Regan wrote:
>
> > You mean to the left?
> >
> > Left of fiber = ISP WAN
> > Right of fiber = Traffic shaper.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Joe Maimon <jmaimon at ttec.com <mailto:
> > jmaimon at ttec.com>> wrote:
> >
> >    Is there anything to the right of FIBER?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    Charles Regan wrote:
> >
> >        I want to implement a spanning-tree configuration on my network
> >        to have
> >        redundant path in case of hardware failure.
> >
> >        Currently my setup is like this:
> >
> >        FIBER ---- TRAFFIC-SHAPER-BRIDGE ---- CACHE-SERVER-BRIDGE ----
> >        2811 ROUTER
> >        ---- 2950 SWITCH ---- LAN
> >
> >
> >