Are dual NIC's feasible? Seems on the surface to be cheaper and more
straightforward but haven't seen it mentioned so I may be missing
something.
I can actually give each department their own server but accessing the
email server would present problems.

On 1 May 2001 10:47:35 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Curtis Call")
wrote:

>You could buy a special NIC card for your server that can handle ISL 
>encapsulated frames.  It might be cheaper to buy a router though since I 
>don't think the lower end switches support ISL anyway.
>
>At 12:25 PM 4/30/01, you wrote:
>>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).
>>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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