I phrased that poorly. Obviously our network is segmented with routers and layer 3 switches and so on; regardless, the links between our customers and PoPs are effectively Ethernet bridges in most cases and LLDP, CDP and so on have always seemed like more hassle than they'd be worth.


On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Tom Laermans <tom.laermans@powersource.cx> wrote:
Your customers are all hooked up to a giant switch which also connects
to your upstreams? :O

On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 09:52 +0000, Dermot Williams wrote:
> We've traditionally been wary of using discovery protocols because we
> operate a pretty large Ethernet network that extends down to the
> subscriber CPE in most cases - security concerns trump utility.
>
> - Dermot
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama@memetic.org>
> wrote:
>         But why not? Discovery protocols are AWESOME.
>
>
>         On 08/11/2012 17:17, Dermot Williams wrote:
>                 Ah, that's why it doesn't do anything for me - we
>                 don't run any discovery protocols!
>
>                 Thanks
>
>                 Dermot
>
>                 Sent from my iPad
>
>                 On 8 Nov 2012, at 17:07, Tom Laermans
>                 <tom.laermans@powersource.cx> wrote:
>
>                         Hi,
>
>                         It creates the maps you see on the "map" tab
>                         for your devices (at least,
>                         the ones with discovery protocol support).
>
>                         Tom
>
>                         On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 16:33 +0000, Dermot
>                         Williams wrote:
>                                 Hi,
>
>                                 Quick question (the answer to which is
>                                 possibly 'nothing') but - what
>                                 is map.php supposed to do?
>
>                                 - Dermot
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