Case Study: The Two-Layer Network
If all the access points in a network connect to the same physical location (one building, for instance), it's possible to collapse the core and distribution layer onto a single network (or a set of parallel high speed LANs), producing a design something like that shown in Figure 6-10.
Essentially, this type of network collapses the core and distribution layer into one set of routers, or one area, within the design. Deciding where to place the L1/L2 border in this type of network is much easier because there is such a natural break between the distribution layer and the network core. Figure 6-11 illustrates this.
Figure 6-10. A Two-Layer Network
The bottleneck in this design will eventually be the parallel ...
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