On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 13:41, azeem ahmad wrote: > hi list > i got 7 networks. which are > 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 all these lans to communicate with each other, > wot may be used to make them communicating > a router > or > a layer 3 switch A router is the usual way. A layer 3 switch does some routing operations and would probably work too. If you are looking for a cheaper way, you can stick the number of NIC's you need in a fedora box (which would make the discussion relevant here) or you can combine a router with a small number of VLAN trunk capable interfaces with a switch that also understands vlans and make it look like each switch port is a router port. However with that last way the routing speed is limited by the trunk interface where everything is combined. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
