From: Ali (muali_cisco@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 00:13:35 GMT-3
Congratulations man..take some rest now ;)
Ali
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Whitfill" <whitfill@cox.net>
To: "Greg Parrish" <gparrish@yahoo.com>; "Ahmed Mamoor Amimi"
<mamoor@ieee.org>
Cc: "Tim O'Brien" <tobrien@cinci.rr.com>; <tsabry@slb.com>; "'Jason'"
<jgraun@attbi.com>; "'Bob Sinclair'" <bsin@erols.com>;
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:54 PM
Subject: RE: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> Got it,fellas, #9099, (sounds like a secret agent code or something). Of
> course, I'll be hanging out here trying to return the favors. Thanks to
all
> who responded with suggestions and a willingness to brain storm!
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Greg Parrish
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:29 PM
> To: Ahmed Mamoor Amimi
> Cc: Tim O'Brien; tsabry@slb.com; 'Jason'; 'Bob Sinclair'; 'Larry
> Whitfill'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
>
>
> I think turning it off all together is the wrong answer. Just like in
OSPF
> if
> they say never become the DR, they dont mean to turn off OSPF, just set
the
> priority to 0. They need to rephrase the question because as someone said
I
> can
> always change all the other switches on the lan to the same priority and
you
> will become root if you now have the lowest mac, so again no guarantee you
> wont
> be root which is what they are asking you for and thus leaves the question
> open.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
> Ahmed Mamoor Amimi wrote:
>
> > good one..... <grin>
> >
> > -Mamoor
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tim O'Brien <tobrien@cinci.rr.com>
> > To: <tsabry@slb.com>; 'Jason' <jgraun@attbi.com>; 'Bob Sinclair'
> > <bsin@erols.com>; 'Larry Whitfill' <whitfill@cox.net>
> > Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> >
> > > Sure, it definitely has drawbacks, but remember that the lab is not
real
> > > life.. you are there to "meet the requirements". Don't overthink
things,
> > > just do what is asked...
> > >
> > > Tim
> > > CCIE 9015
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tarek Sabry" <tsabry@houston.sns.slb.com>
> > > To: "'Tim O'Brien'" <tobrien@cinci.rr.com>; "'Jason'"
> <jgraun@attbi.com>;
> > > "'Bob Sinclair'" <bsin@erols.com>; "'Larry Whitfill'"
<whitfill@cox.net>
> > > Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:54 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> > >
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > But doesn't turning it off has its own drawbacks???
> > >
> > > Tarek
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > > Tim O'Brien
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 8:27 PM
> > > To: Jason; 'Bob Sinclair'; 'Larry Whitfill'
> > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: RE: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> > >
> > >
> > > A Priority of 0 is considered better (higher priority) than 1 and will
> > most
> > > likely take over root priority...
> > >
> > > To give a switch the "worst" possible chance of becoming root, set
> > priority
> > > to 65535 for that vlan...
> > >
> > > To "ensure" that the switch "never" becomes root, turn off spanning
tree
> > for
> > > that vlan....
> > >
> > > Just my thoughts..
> > >
> > > Tim
> > > CCIE 9015
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > > Jason
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 7:53 PM
> > > To: 'Bob Sinclair'; 'Larry Whitfill'
> > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: RE: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> > >
> > >
> > > That might work but if another switch gets added to the STP domain and
> > > your switch has a lower mac-address then it will become the root
bridge
> > > assuming that the priority is 65535. I thought I read somewhere that
> > > using 0 will make sure that it will never become a root bridge.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> > > Bob Sinclair
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:04 PM
> > > To: Larry Whitfill
> > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: Re: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> > >
> > > Larry,
> > >
> > > I would suggest making the bridge priority 65535, the highest possible
> > > value.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > -Bob
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Larry Whitfill" <whitfill@cox.net>
> > > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:43 PM
> > > Subject: Lab Tomorrow! Need Help
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello fellow CCIE waqnnabes and accomplished CCIEs!
> > > >
> > > > I'm sittingin my hotel 13 hours from ground zero and needed some
> > > > clarification and help.
> > > >
> > > > 1. When one wants to ensure that his switch does not become root
under
> > > any
> > > > circumstance does he set the bridge priority to 0, does he set the
> > > priority
> > > > to the highest possible value, or does he do someting entirely
> > > different.
> > > > This has been kicked around quite a bit, but I never found a
> > > difinitive
> > > > answer here or on CCO, books, etc., and don't have two CATs to test.
> > > >
> > > > 2. When using DLSW+ peer-on-demand, do I also have to configure a
> > > border
> > > > peer, use the promiscuous keyword, both or neither?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > >
> > > > Larry
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