Well for starters it needs to be simple to set up and maintain, as our knowledge here is limited. Our main purpose for seperating these areas are primarily for security reasons. People in the shop do not really need access to most parts of the LAN so I think the Linux box with the NIC's is the way to go to start with and as our needs increase, we can venture into other areas.
Richard Humphrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Peery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Seperate Subnet > Richard Humphrey wrote: > > >I would like to seperate the > >office from the shop into a different subnet. > > > The short answer is a Linux box with network cards, routing between the > segments. Look up ip_forward, and try searching for the Linux Router > Project. > > The longer answer depends on your goals: > > * Are you concerned about overall traffic swamping manufacturing > critical traffic? > * Are you worried about voltages on the manufacturing floor frying > the office LAN? > * Are you afraid that a rogue employee in the office programming the > drilling machine to puncture every metal widget? > * Is the same employee sniffing network traffic to capture CAD/CAM > milling sequences to sell your customers? > * Are your manufacturing employees surfing the web when they should > be soldering, and you want to stop this practice? > > > Each one of these would indicate different solutions, taking into > account your overall budget and knowledge. For instance, I personally > would stay away from the flexibilty of VLANs (as seen in another > posting) because itcan be quite tricky if you don't work with them > frequently. > > Alan > -- > Alan Peery > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
