Of course all designs are limited to the budget you have to build the network :)
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Steve Bertrand <st...@ibctech.ca> wrote: > On 2010.02.17 19:41, jim deleskie wrote: >> Border/Core/Access is great thinking when your a sales rep for a >> vendor that sells under power kit. No reason for it any more. > > Hi Jim, > > Unfortunately, I have a mix of EOL Cisco gear in my network, along with > other random custom-built software routers, HP Procurve switches etc. > > To be honest, I am very pleased with what I've learnt over the course of > the last two years with my network re-design/build. In my environment, > the layered approach is working exceptionally well (and my sales skills > would have me recommend a different ISP at the drop of a dime if they > could provide what I couldn't ;) > > Primarily, my transition has led me down the BCP 38 path (and it's > associated techniques/side-effects, specifically automated S/RTBH), > which aside from IPv6, is the most important thing I believe that I > could have accomplished during that time. > > It would, however, be interesting to learn how the former drawbacks of > flat networks have evolved, and what new technologies make them > successful once again. > > Thanks, > > Steve >
