One Big Flat Network

scottalanmiller

I have been looking to write this one for some time, it is finally edited, proofed and posted. Check out: Killing Networking Complexity - One Big Flat Network.

gjacobse

Nicely done..

scottalanmiller

Thanks.

Bill Kindle

@scottalanmiller I found myself questioning the need for vlans a few months back when I was upgrading my office network with new switches. I ended up just configuring port security and turning off other ports that were not in use. Tried to keep it simple and so far that's worked better. Good write up.

scottalanmiller

@Bill-Kindle said:

@scottalanmiller I found myself questioning the need for vlans a few months back when I was upgrading my office network with new switches. I ended up just configuring port security and turning off other ports that were not in use. Tried to keep it simple and so far that's worked better. Good write up.

Thanks.

Reid Cooper

Good write up, thanks! Enjoyed it.

scottalanmiller

@Reid-Cooper Thanks

JaredBusch

well i know I am a fan of this.

The only VLANS I use are on WiFi (Private/Public). I keep it simple and use port based VLAN on the switch and separate a few ports out for the access points.

After being part of a huge Cisco partner MSP for a couple years and being part of several overly complex network designs, I too am a fan of keeping it simple. You avoid so many network gremlins, design/deployment is much simpler, and come on, can't beat the speed.

NetworkNerd

I've been waiting for this one for a while. Thanks, Scott!

scottalanmiller

@NetworkNerd said:

I've been waiting for this one for a while. Thanks, Scott!

I know you have. I think that you use this term more often than I do!

Dashrender

It's been my old school thinking, but I guess I need to give up the 256 node subnets.