On 24.04.2009 03:48 Paul Vixie wrote > "Bill Woodcock" <wo...@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 -- Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany email: arn...@nipper.de phone: +49 6224 9259 299 mobile: +49 172 2650958 fax: +49 6224 9259 333
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