Re: OT: router?

From: Neil Cherry <ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: OT: router?
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:56:35 -0500

azeem ahmad wrote:

From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>
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To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: OT: router?
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:12:42 -0600

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 10:56, azeem ahmad wrote:
> hi list
> i got 6 different networks that are on ranges
> 192.168.0.0/24
> 192.168.1.0/24
> 192.168.2.0/24
> 192.168.3.0/24
> 192.168.4.0/24
> 192.168.5.0/24
> 192.168.6.0/24
> i want them to communicate each other selectively, mean i want that
> 192.168.0.0/24 network communicate with all other networks and other

> networks can communicate with it, but all others networks must not be able > to communicate with each other. i think the ultimate solution is using a

> router.
> m i right?

> and an other thing i want a cheaper solution, can u people tell me about any

> cheaper and good router

Any Linux box can act as a router - you just need to cram
enough NIC cards in to handle all the networks.  Or split
the job among a few machines that reside on the 192.168.0.0
net.

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i know

but in fact i dont want to use a Linux machine, instead i want to use a HW router

Technically there is no such thing though Cisco seems to be one
of the closest to approach that. I think I know what you mean
though (not a PC).

If you're talk for home use then a WRT54GL with OpenWRT, HyperWRT
or Sveasoft software should be able to handle that. You may need
to add real 802.1q support (real VLANs) and a switch that supports
it. Or just use virtual interfaces eth0, eth0:1, eth0:2 ... eth0:5
and the single interface (I normally don't go past eth0:2).

For a business setup then skip the WRT and get yourself a big
router. The WRT isn't meant to support ~1500 nodes. Since your
asking I think you need to consider talking to someone who can
design your network properly.

i dont need a gigabit, rather i want 100Mbps.
">Technically there is no such thing though Cisco seems to be one

of the closest to approach that. I think I know what you mean
though (not a PC)."