>Thanks all, that clarifies somewhat.
>
>On 30 Apr 2001 14:06:09 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Karen E Young")
>wrote:
>
>> Usually there needs to be some form of communication
>>between VLANS though, so practically speaking you do need a router.
>
>What I would like to do is create broadcast domains for different
>departments, ie finance, admin. But all departments would need to
>communicate with the same server(s).
Have you looked at VLAN-aware NICs on the server? They would let you
have a logical interface in each VLAN.
There may be more basic questions. Approximately how many hosts are
in each department? What protocols do they run? Is there a specific
reason you think you may have a problem with broadcasts? Are the
hosts plugged into switches that can do per-port broadcast rate
limiting?
>I'd like to implement VLAN's without the expense of having to purchase
>routers, but doesn't seem like it's feasible?
>
>I have ordered P. Openheimer's (sp) Top Down Design book and that may
>better guide me in trying to implement an efficient network design.
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