[c-nsp] 802.3ad questions..

[Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists]

On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:52:42 +0100, you wrote:

> EtherChannel can be used if, and only if, both carriers tunnels the
> EtherChannel protocol. Such tunneling is only supported on VPWS (aka
> Q-in-Q) type of circuits. 

Well, actually one *could* run static EtherChannel (A.K.A. 'mode on')
without protocol tunneling. It wouldn't be a good idea (because you
wouldn't catch connectivity problems without the channel negotiation),
but you could.

Oh, and "EtherChannel" is not a protocol, it's just a marketing name
for link aggregation. LACP and PAgP, OTOH, are protocols which can be
used for negotiating forming an EtherChannel.

>>  Also, to throw another issue into the mix -- these two links are not
>> currently equally sized -- one is shaped to 600M, the other is a full Gig,

> This can't be fixed with EtherChannels. 

I agree. Bad idea.

-A