[c-nsp] Point to Point T1's and vlan nightmares

Jeff Kell jeff-kell at utc.edu
Fri Jul 27 20:59:28 EDT 2012


On 7/27/2012 5:38 PM, Oliver Garraux wrote:
> Preventing duplicate VLAN numbers sounds like it could be better
> solved through process changes rather than technical changes.  Maybe a
> wiki or a spreadsheet, or a single person that's in charge of
> assigning new VLAN's.
>
> (Not trying to be argumentative, just thinking that VTP may not be the
> best way to solve the issue you're concerned about).

Well, VTP can bring your entire enterprise down with one minor
misconfiguration or rogue connection (been there, done that, have the
T-shirt).

It's much more "housekeeping" do to transparent and switchport trunk
allowed vlan, but it does eliminate the above risk.

jeff



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