[afnog] Bridged Access Network

[Vincent Mwamba]

Hi Seun,

We have Layer 3 devices at each customer premises with static IPs from a
pool assigned to a service e.g a /24 static pool. But we do get customers
who plug their links into a switch at their end.

Thanks

./Vinny


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Vin,
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Vincent Mwamba <davince01 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> <<snip>>
>>
>
>
>>  The customer traffic from each high site is carried over our layer 2
>> access back to a single aggregation router.
>>
>
> Wow! looks like too much to chew for the poor single router. Which seem to
> be the only layer 3 device.
>
>
>> Some High sites are aggregation points for more remote sites and for
>> redundancy links, which has caused us spanning tree issues in the past.
>>
>
> The hard fact is you need to spend a few coins and get layer 3 devices for
> the High sites. Especially those that are pop to other sites
>
>>
>> What is the best way to grow the flat network and avoid spanning tree
>> headaches.
>>
>
> I say try as much as possible to avoid spanning tree (if you can), also
> try to reduce switching as much as possible at your core.
>
>
>> What is the best practice to provision the various services we offering
>> to our customers and avoid broadcasts?
>>
>
> Could you explain what a typical customer end looks like i.e do they
> connect by pppoe, dhcp or static IPs/ have you got a layer 3 device at each
> customer premises?
>
>
>> How are other ISP doing it?
>>
>> N/A ;-)
>
> Cheers!
>
>> Thanks
>>
>> ./Vinny
>>
>>
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