Configuring an EAPS ring using Extreme Switches

Jackie, Timothy and I setup an EAPs ring using 3 core network switches to connect 3 POPs (Points of Presence at Zain House, Kanjokya and Augere)

Below is the configuration. It should be a breeze once you get a hold of the extreme command line.

1. create eaps roke_eaps (eaps domain)
2. create vlan roke_eaps (control vlan)
configure vlan roke_eaps tag 111
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 qosprofile QP8
3. configure protected vlans
4. configure eaps roke_eaps add control vlan roke_eaps
5. configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan seacom
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan teams
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan xxxxxx
6. configure eaps roke_eaps mode master/transit
7. configure eaps roke_eaps primary port
configure eaps roke_eaps secondary port
8. configure eaps roke_eaps failtime 5**************************************optional
configure eaps roke_eaps failtimer expiry-action open-secondary-port******optional
9. configure eaps roke_eaps hellotime 2 ************************************optional
10. enable eaps
11.configure eaps fast-convergence on/off*********************************optional
12.enable eaps roke_eaps

ZAIN HOUSE
create eaps roke_eaps
create vlan ROKE_EAPS
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 tag 111
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 add ports 3,4 tag
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 qosprofile QP8
***configure protected vlans***
[ROKE_BACKBONE, TEAMS, SEACOM, AUGERE, KJ_OLT_MGT_PORT ] –already exist

configure eaps roke_eaps add control vlan ROKE_EAPS_111
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan SEACOM
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan TEAMS
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan AUGERE
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan ROKE_BACKBONE
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan KJ_OLT_MGT_PORT
configure eaps roke_eaps mode master
configure eaps roke_eaps primary port 4
configure eaps roke_eaps secondary port 3
8. configure eaps roke_eaps failtime 5**************************************optional
configure eaps roke_eaps failtimer expiry-action open-secondary-port
9. configure eaps roke_eaps hellotime 2 ************************************optional
enable eaps
configure eaps fast-convergence on
enable eaps roke_eaps

AUGERE

create eaps roke_eaps
create vlan ROKE_EAPS_111
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 tag 111
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 add ports 49,50 tag
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 qosprofile QP8

***configure protected vlans***
[ROKE_BACKBONE, TEAMS, SEACOM, AUGERE, KJ_OLT_MGT_PORT ] – already exist

configure eaps roke_eaps add control vlan ROKE_EAPS_111
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan SEACOM
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan TEAMS
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan AUGERE
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan ROKE_BACKBONE
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan KJ_OLT_MGT_PORT
configure eaps roke_eaps mode transit
configure eaps roke_eaps primary port 50
configure eaps roke_eaps secondary port 49
8. configure eaps roke_eaps failtime 5**************************************optional
configure eaps roke_eaps failtimer expiry-action open-secondary-port******optional
9. configure eaps roke_eaps hellotime 2 ************************************optional
enable eaps
configure eaps fast-convergence on
enable eaps roke_eaps

KANJOKYA

create eaps roke_eaps
create vlan ROKE_EAPS_111
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 tag 111
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 add ports 49,50 tag
configure vlan ROKE_EAPS_111 qosprofile QP8

***configure protected vlans***
[ROKE_BACKBONE, TEAMS, SEACOM, AUGERE, KJ_OLT_MGT_PORT ] –already exist

configure eaps roke_eaps add control vlan ROKE_EAPS_111
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan SEACOM
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan TEAMS
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan AUGERE
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan BACKBONE
configure eaps roke_eaps add protect vlan KJ_OLT_MGT_PORT
configure eaps roke_eaps mode transit
configure eaps roke_eaps primary port 50
configure eaps roke_eaps secondary port 49
8. configure eaps roke_eaps failtime 5**************************************optional
configure eaps roke_eaps failtimer expiry-action open-secondary-port******optional
9. configure eaps roke_eaps hellotime 2 ************************************optional
enable eaps
configure eaps fast-convergence on
enable eaps roke_eaps

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hope that was easy.....have a great evening or whatever is left of it! :-)

wireless LAN for Dizayini (graphics design company in Kampala Uganda)

Just finished doing a wireless LAN for for Dizayini Limited (my brother Albert's company) in Kampala.
I used products from Level-one to setup the LAN.

- A wireless AP connecting to an Ethernet adapter on a windows XP desktop computer via cat6 cable. This Windows XP computer also acts as the gateway to the Internet using a wireless dial up 3G dongle from a local Telco (Orange Uganda). So i went ahead to share the connection on the LAN card giving it the address 192.168.0.1. DNS details are automatically picked up from Orange on dial up.

- Level one wireless cards added to three other Dell optiplex 360 desktops running windows XP and configured with static addresses in the 192.168.0.0/24 range with their gateway as 192.168.0.1. I proceeded to share folders on their D drives to allow sharing of graphic files between computers. Note that I faced a problem with the wireless cards on the Dell Optiplexes as the screens kept going blue with errors; sorted this out by eliminating the level one drivers and using Realtek drivers.

Basic solution to networking a small company in the suburbs of Kampala.