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[mc36 <>]

hi,

On 8/22/22 11:31,  wrote:
> Hello Csaba
>
> Le 04/08/2022    12:14, mc36 a   crit  :
> > so the idea here was that for xavier use case, he really does not need the 
> > mac learning stuff at all,
> > just a local crossconnect between a local port and a vlan over a bundle...
> Yes, this new stuff you showed is very cool.
>
> Nevertheless, I wan to test basic L2 switch features. It will help future 
> uptake of FreeRtr/RARE; it is a first step reassuring our network engineer 
> team.

okk then, thanks for the clarification.... so well, for an ix deployment, you 
surely have to go with the bridging...

but if you go with the private peering, you better off with the local 
xconnect.... it's basically the same as
cisco satellite modules, but without the proprietary control plane, and over 
standard protocols on the uplink: dot1q...

really nothing special here and one can already configure an arbitrary l2 
switch the same way but they're not tend to do so:
it's just a shortcut instead of having a 24 bridges applied to the first 24 
ports 1:1 and having the remaining ports as a trunk...
but most importantly, without the mac learning, which, regardless how well 
you configure it, will be always an issue...


br,
cs