IXP

Fri Apr 24 06:16:09 UTC 2009

On 24.04.2009 03:48 Paul Vixie wrote

> "Bill Woodcock" <woody at pch.net> writes:
> 
>> ... Nobody's arguing against VLANs.  Paul's argument was that VLANs
>> rendered shared subnets obsolete, and everybody else has been rebutting
>> that. Not saying that VLANs shouldn't be used.
> 
> i think i saw several folks, not just stephen, say virtual wire was how
> they'd do an IXP today if they had to start from scratch.  i know that
> for many here, starting from scratch isn't a reachable worldview, and so
> i've tagged most of the defenses of shared subnets with that caveat.  the
> question i was answering was from someone starting from scratch, and when
> starting an IXP from scratch, a shared subnet would be just crazy talk.

I like to disagree here, Paul.

Best regards,
Arnold
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Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany
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