The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6

Thu Jun 16 23:23:38 UTC 2011

On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:04:44 +0200, sthaug at nethelp.no said:
> 
>> How big is huge? To some degree it depends on how broadcast "chatty"
>> the protocols used are - but there's also the matter of having a
>> size which makes it possible to troubleshoot. Personally I'd prefer
>> an upper limit of a few hundred computers.
> 
> And whatever you do, don't be like one med school and build a flat net
> so big that spanning tree won't converge. ;)

by the time you throw trill and vpls into the mix it may be a common or pseudo-common broadcast domain but it's not flat.