From: Erick Bergquist (ebergquist@ameritech.net)
Date: Sun Feb 15 2004 - 03:17:52 GMT-3
I've seen plenty of Alcatel (Xylan) to Cisco
connections... no problems from what I've seen. Of
course the native/default 802.1q VLAN # has to be same
on both sides.
Xylan (now Alcatel) had very cool VLAN features. Could
dynamically put IPX traffic in one VLAN, IP in
another, and so forth. Bay/Nortel does this to.
--- Kenneth Wygand <KWygand@customonline.com> wrote:
> I recently overheard a conversation I believe is
> completely untrue. I
> heard that the interconnection of Cisco and Alcatel
> devices is a real
> pain to configure due to the way Alcatel assigns
> VLANs based on
> policies. I know Alcatel VLANs are very flexible
> and can be configured
> dynamically inside the single box based on a wide
> variety of variables,
> but couldn't their VLANs be configured with a policy
> similar to Cisco's?
> For example, can't the policy simply state, "port
> xxx is VLAN yyy". Of
> course trunking would need to be done with 802.1q,
> but why would it be
> so hard to configure?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or am I missing something??
> :::scratches head:::
>
>
>
> Kenneth E. Wygand
> Systems Engineer, Project Services
>
> CISSP #37102, CCNP, CCDP, ACSP, Cisco IPT Design
> Specialist, MCP, CNA,
> Network+, A+
> Custom Computer Specialists, Inc.
>
> "Success is to be measured not so much by the
> position one has reached
> in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome
> while trying to
> succeed."
> -Booker Taliaferro Washington
>
>
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