tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Anthony Olejnik) (06/19/91)
I currently have about 2 dozen localtalk zones (say, zone-01 thru zone-24). Each has a separate router associate with it which routes to a common campus ethernet backbone. Each zone is associated with a separate unique group on the campus. Most of the groups also have some Macs (usually file servers) that are directly connected to the campus ethernet backbone. I would like to have 25 ethertalk zones defined in the routers as well (zone-01 thur zone-24 plus a separate default zone). QUESTION #1: Is it OK to have an ethertalk defined zone for each localtalk zone? QUESTION #2: Should I have just two ethertalk zones defined (say, CAMPUS ETHERNET and DEFAULT ZONE) instead of the 25 stated above? This way, I don't have to worry about constantly adding new ethertalk zones as new groups join the campus backbone. However, if everyone were in CAMPUS ETHERNET or DEFAULT ZONE, it would seem to be much more difficult to maintain/administer/trouble shoot the network (by using things like InterPoll and such). QUESTION #3: Since my network is growing, what do I do when I reach (what I think is) the 32 zone limit in the chooser? Any help would be *GREATLY* appreciate. Thanks. --Tony Olejnik Network Engineer University of Pennsylvania Data Communications and Computing Services 3401 Walnut Street Suite 221A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6228 (215) 898-9408 tony@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu