RE: 2 methods to prune

From: ccie2be (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jun 27 2005 - 12:25:48 GMT-3


Excellent point. However, I would say that's essentially the same situation
as a switch running in vtp transparent mode since routers don't run vtp.

But, it's good to keep these things in mind.

Thanks, tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Ward [mailto:eward15@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:06 AM
To: l2carter@yahoo.com
Cc: ccie2be@nyc.rr.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: 2 methods to prune

What if a switch was connected to a router through a trunk link?

Eugene Ward

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Yah, if you were told not to use one of the methods in
the lab :)

--- ccie2be <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Most of you getting close to taking the lab probably
> know this already but
> just in case you don't, there are 2 ways to
> configure pruning:
>
> 1. enable vtp pruning
>
> 2. manually specify which vlans are allowed
> to transit the trunk
>
>
> I can only come up with one reason to use method 2
> instead of method 1 - if
> one or both of the switches are in vtp transparent
> mode.
>
> Besides that one reason for using method 2, can
> anybody think of any other
> scenario's where either method could NOT be used?
>
> TIA, Tim



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