[c-nsp] Maximum spannig tree instances

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:27:12PM -0400, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 05:00:36PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> > <rant>
> > MST is what comes out if vendor committees get together, and agree to
> > implement the least common determinator in the most complicated way.
> > </rant>
> 
> I completely disagree - it's what comes out of solving problems
> related to the LAN - the LOCAL area network.  In virtualized LANs,
> there's typically only a few possible physical topologies that can
> exist.  MST seeks to exploit this to lower the amount of processing
> power that is required.

Since MST was standardized long before the "virtualized LAN" environments
were common, this is a nice after-the-fact explanation - but the fact
that *years after protocol design*, networks have emerged that make MST
actually work doesn't make it a better protocol.

gert
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