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VLAN Robert 12-13-2005
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Posted by Robert on December 13, 2005, 10:23 am
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I would like to ask if somebody has a good VLAN theme to write about. It has
to be about VLANs, for example, connecting two VLANs through public network,
use of IPsec or something like that...
It is important that it is a pretty wide theme so that it is possible to
write about 50-80 pages of text about that...

Thank you!



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Posted by Walter Roberson on December 13, 2005, 12:08 pm
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>I would like to ask if somebody has a good VLAN theme to write about. It has
>to be about VLANs, for example, connecting two VLANs through public network,
>use of IPsec or something like that...
>It is important that it is a pretty wide theme so that it is possible to
>write about 50-80 pages of text about that...

50-80 pages sounds very long for a broad topic.

I did some checking around, and the references I find indicate that
50 pages is towards the upper end of a "short" Master's thesis
and 80 pages is in the lower end of a "long" Master's thesis.
A "long" Master's thesis is, in this matter, intended only for
students who will be going on to further postgrad work, and counts as
equivilent to 1/4 of the course-work that the "short" thesis students
would undertake.

http://www.ceu.hu/legal/Information_Booklet.htm

It seems to me that if one is expecting a paper equivilent to the
upper-end of a Master's thesis, that one probably does not want
a broad theme: one probably wants a more narrow theme with sufficient
technical sophistication as to require a noticable amount of research
and explication.

50-80 pages is, roughly speaking, 20000 to 30000 words. It is
difficult for me to think of anything "broad" to say about VLANs
that didn't come down to one of:

- a description of how to configure VLANs, and any special nuances,
for the half-dozen most common model lines (e.g., Cisco, Nortel, Juniper...)

- a solid overview of VLANs and MLPS such as might be written for
an O'Reilly "Topics in Routing" book

- techno-archiology studying the history of VLANs, the competing proposals,
the advantages each would have had, and the politics and financial
manipulations that resulted in what is now 802.1Q being chosen
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commands, not permission. Only people can be given permission."
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Posted by Robert on December 14, 2005, 8:06 am
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Walter Roberson wrote:
> wrote:
>
> It seems to me that if one is expecting a paper equivilent to the
> upper-end of a Master's thesis, that one probably does not want
> a broad theme: one probably wants a more narrow theme with sufficient
> technical sophistication as to require a noticable amount of research
> and explication.
>

Ok, i could agree with you... Can you give me some advice of a narrow theme
to write about?

Thanks!



Posted by Walter Roberson on December 14, 2005, 10:36 am
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>Walter Roberson wrote:
>> wrote:

>> It seems to me that if one is expecting a paper equivilent to the
>> upper-end of a Master's thesis, that one probably does not want
>> a broad theme: one probably wants a more narrow theme with sufficient
>> technical sophistication as to require a noticable amount of research
>> and explication.

>Ok, i could agree with you... Can you give me some advice of a narrow theme
>to write about?

Could you clarify the context, please?

Are you an instructor / advisor looking for topics to suggest to
Masters level students for their thesis? To suggest for upper-year
undergraduates for essay courses? To suggest for upper-year undergraduates
for "project" courses?

Are you a student who has been assigned the broad topic of VLANs and
is looking for inspiration of what, more specifically, to work on? If
so, at what level and with what kind of target (essay, project, thesis)?

Are you an author or potential author looking for a framework for
a potential journal article or book chapter?
--
"It is important to remember that when it comes to law, computers
never make copies, only human beings make copies. Computers are given
commands, not permission. Only people can be given permission."
-- Brad Templeton

Posted by Robert on December 14, 2005, 2:02 pm
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Walter Roberson wrote:
> wrote:
>> Walter Roberson wrote:
>>> wrote:
>
>>> It seems to me that if one is expecting a paper equivilent to the
>>> upper-end of a Master's thesis, that one probably does not want
>>> a broad theme: one probably wants a more narrow theme with
>>> sufficient technical sophistication as to require a noticable
>>> amount of research and explication.
>
>> Ok, i could agree with you... Can you give me some advice of a
>> narrow theme to write about?
>
> Could you clarify the context, please?
>
> Are you an instructor / advisor looking for topics to suggest to
> Masters level students for their thesis? To suggest for upper-year
> undergraduates for essay courses? To suggest for upper-year
> undergraduates for "project" courses?
>
> Are you a student who has been assigned the broad topic of VLANs and
> is looking for inspiration of what, more specifically, to work on? If
> so, at what level and with what kind of target (essay, project,
> thesis)?
>
> Are you an author or potential author looking for a framework for
> a potential journal article or book chapter?


I am student at last year at the university of electrotechnics. I have to
write about 50-80 pages and make an application or something like that to
show my own research at that project, if you understand what I mean. So, as
I sad, it is important to be about VLANs. I thought it would be good to work
on implementation of VLANs through public networks, using of IPsec, etc. But
I need some inspiration to make a clear theme and to concentrate on it.



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