In article >004901bffebf$e50211f0$0101a8c0@sunnyline.co.za>, Chris Knipe <cgknipe@mweb.co.za> wrote: >Having a router and plugging 100+ computers directly into the router without >a HUB is NOT going to work :) >This will basically bring me back to having a server with like houndreds of >NICs in them, which is physically impossible... But ta for the info... You can do this - virtually. Take a switch that supports VLANs (like the Cisco 2924), define a unique VLAN on every port and have a trunk to your server (and perhaps a trunk to other switches). Use the Linux VLAN patches and a network card that supports it. Then, you actually have one server with hundreds of ethernet ports. You do need to have a seperate subnet on each VLAN, unless you get very creative with bridging (and provided that firewalling works on bridges etc). Mike. -- Cistron Certified Internetwork Expert #1. Think free speech; drink free beer. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
