As mentioned in another good posting, VLAN's can be tricky if you don't
work around them all the time.. It was a very good point brought up..;)

The links would be more relevant to the equipment you are using.  If you
search Cisco's site for VLAN information  you'll find all kinds that
pertains to VLANS and pros/cons.  With Cisco you can also deploy ISL and
other protocols that in certain setups can be very helpful as well.

Hope this helps..:)

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Paul Stewart
Network Solutions Specialist
Nexicom Inc.


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Thanks for the advice. I think we could probably do as you suggested
using the switches, but honestly wouldnt know where to begin.  Are there
any links to documentation that you know of that would describe how to
go about doing this? Thanks for the information you have already
provided.

Richard Humphrey
Multicam Inc.


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Subject: RE: Seperate Subnet


> You could do this with separate subnets and three nic cards in the 
> Linux box.  One Nic for each subnet and one for outgoing internet 
> traffic.
>
> Ideally in my opinion, the best way is to break them into separate 
> physical runs (which above would do) to cut down on broadcasted 
> traffic and for security reasons.  This is best done at the switch 
> level by assigning VLAN's to each segment.  Depending on the network 
> size, you could actually run separate VLAN's for each department.
>
> I worked on a project two years ago that involved 535 workstations 
> that were all on the same segment at one time.  It was a disaster that

> way and I changed it all into a series of 10/100 switches fed into a 
> gig switch.  All departments were fed via private VLAN's internally 
> and then fed back to the "master switch" which had fiber going out to 
> the Internet via a PIX firewall and Cisco router.  Also segmented off 
> all their servers onto another VLAN.  This dramatically improved their

> performance of the network, provided better security and future 
> scalability.
>
> Just some thoughts.. Hope this helps...:)
>
> ---
> Paul Stewart
> Network Solutions Specialist
> Nexicom Inc.
>
>
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> Subject: Seperate Subnet
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>
> I work in a manufacturing environment and we have a LAN that is used 
> in botht he office and on the production floor. I would like to 
> seperate the office from the shop into a different subnet. Would I 
> need to set up a linux box as a router to accomplish this? Also any 
> help or suggestions would be appreciated as I am new to linux and 
> subnetting in general. Thanks
>
> Richard Humphrey
> Multicam Inc.
>
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