Internet Core Routing - Ethernet

Mon Sep 30 16:09:02 UTC 2002

Thus spake "Bob Martinez" <bobmartinezzz at hotmail.com>
> You are the guy that posted about IBGP Nailed Routes.  I love that idea.  I
> understand your love of L3 and your design is great; however, as a service
> provider, you can't always rely on IP.

As an ISP, your job is to provide IP.  If you -- much less your customers --
can't rely on your IP service, you'll soon be toast in the marketplace.

> What about Global Ethernet?  The NY, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore,
> Frankfurt, Moscow, Bankok, Sydney, Hong Kong, London, Cairo, Los
> Angeles, Jerusalem, Toronto, Mexico City, Rio (Can I manage this one?)
> Internet Exchange?

And one errant BPDU can take down your entire network.  You're going to need a
bunch of PhD-level guys in your NOC with that design.

> Simple like you said.  Gotta work on the reliability part though.

You're just now thinking about reliability after you've finalized your design?
Stop, you're killing me...

S