I have approx 35 L2 switches connecting via Trunks to one 6513 that has the MSFC2. I want to take the customer away from this flat bridged network. In building a true Core, in best practices when do you move away from a L2 Core into a L3 core because...

I need to know the design best practices for using a L2 Core vs L3 core because of excessive peering from the IGP. If OSPF and EIGRP have different recommendations please include.Thank you!!John

Currently I have a remote site that has an internal ip address of 192.168.1.0/24. There are a few clients from this net that connect to our HQ using VPN client software and terminate on a PIX 501. The problem is they need to connect to boxes that are...