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Guys,
I've been doing this for a little while, however my conscience is nagging me about a few concepts I feel I should have mastery over in the Metro Ethernet environment.
The crux of the matter is that no matter how many times I read lengthy CoS ...
Guys,
I feel quite n00bish asking the question, because in its essence, it is a simple matter of understanding how frames and packets are distributed. This is general route/switch theory, and does NOT necessarily imply any vendor in particular. Here...
Hello World, Can someone please clarify the following question, succinctly, without a philosophical diatribe:The chart I obtained from Cisco shows that only 7200, and a handful of others support MPLS, and must have CEF enabled. Then I began reading o...
Quite concisely:I'd like to know when it's time to implement an IGP, in my specific inquiry OSPF? There's an overwhelming amount of literature on the subject, but none that I've found that specifically spells out when it makes sense to implement an I...
Scope of Inquiry:I've supported heterogeneous networks for merely a decade, but never quite big enough to expose me to Enterprise routing/switching concepts in real-time. I've supported numerous Metro Ethernet hub and spoke topologies, as well as a f...
There's some good info above, and I appreciate you replying. Maybe I can be a bit more specific about scenario to bring greater context:
Comcast "ENS" (Ethernet Network Service)
http://business.comcast.com/ethernet/products/network-services-technical...
Thank you. That was a thorough reply. I also found this from Cisco's MPLS for Beginners: Q. What platforms and Cisco IOSes support MPLS? A. The Cisco Series 2691, 3640, 3660, 3725, 3745, 6400-NRP-1, 6400-NRP-2SV, 6400-NSP, Catalyst 5000 with Route Sw...
You are the man, Joseph! I'm 32, but want to be like you when I grow up ... hopefully that's not awkward ---- hehe.Next question:Can you describe how, why, and what happens when routes --- let's say from Internet residential subscriber ---- get passe...
Yes, yes, yes! This is the type of theory you don't find in most contemporary publications. Thank you kindly for all the feedback. So in a Metro Ethernet hub and spoke topology, where we had our Colo space (leased from ISP) --- then approximately 3 M...
That my friend was a comprehensive answer. I'm rapidly learning, but have to get my enterprise chops up. This short dialog makes me realize that I need to get in the woodshed a bit more. Namely because I've been operating at my peak in the SMB space,...
