04-01-2008 06:22 AM - edited 03-05-2019 10:06 PM
A colleague of mine mentioned a "Lolipop Configuration" and I have never heard this term. Can someone tell me what this means?
04-01-2008 06:26 AM
I am not familiar with the term lolipop configuration, do you have a context with which this came up? Are you refering to router on a stick?
Martin
04-01-2008 06:37 AM
I am also not familiar with that term, an no it is not a router on a stick....
04-01-2008 06:57 AM
Hi,
There are many use for the term "lollipop configuration", it is used in engineering, automotives, medical, etc. They refer to the lollipop shape, also to its sweetness (in the other end of the stick).
Depends on how or which specific configuration that person is referring to.
I think if the person is referring to some physical/logical setup/connection/appearance/diagram, it might be referring to the shape.
Try not to use this term in IT as it's not a common term used in IT. People might misinterpret you :)
Regards,
Dandy
04-01-2008 08:33 AM
A lollipop config?
I hate to say it, dude, but I think your colleague is trying to make an 'all-day sucker' out of you. :-)
04-01-2008 08:43 AM
It may be a special configuration applicable only on 1st April ;-) I would go for "router on a stick".
Kevin Dorrell
Luxembourg
04-01-2008 10:13 AM
I agree with everyone that this is probably an April 1st thing ;)
But! Just for trivia's sake, there's only one lollipop I know of in networking and it has to do with OSPF's (and other routing protocols evidently) numbering sequence.
Check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollipop_sequence_numbering
Geoff
04-01-2008 11:09 AM
Hello,
LOL guys! :-)
Check out how can Radware's Cache Server Director (CSD) be deployed:
http://www.radware.co.il/content/solutions/content-services/faq/default.asp#210
It follows similar logic with the already mentioned "router on a stick" (various types of traffic through same physical port) concept :-)
Kind Regards,
M.
p.s. Now, if your colleague goes on and later mentions the "One Leg" configuration, you will now beforehand whose leg he is pulling! :-)
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