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> I have never bridged connections across a Wan before. is that simple to do? yes, bridging across a WAN link is pretty basic. but I believe you need to back up a second and make a couple of other decisions first. you say the net result will be two buildings, each with a handful of customers, sharing a common internet connection. I am assuming that the only reason for linking the two buildings is to share internet. There are no other services that all parties will be using. Is that correct? so my specific questions to you: 1) do you want everyone involved to use a public ip address on their equipment? you sure about this? 2) how are people numbered now? does your building, your customers, all use addresses in the same subnet? same question for the other building. the question in my own mind is the wisdom of having several unrelated units on a common subnet, potentially with full visibility to eachother. if internet connectivity is the only consideration, I don't believe internal numbering is an issue. bridge or route internally, and use NAT on the router with the internet access. place a couple of access lists on the appropriate interfaces to protect the two separate networks. I would be more concerned about visibility between and among all of the entities involved here. "customers" means what? unrelated people renting offices in each building? in which case I would want to take steps to assure that I have taken reasonable precautions to keep visibility limited. vlans on the 29xx's or some other means such as access lists. this is probably more than you asked for. I just think you need to start at the toop and work your way down. Just my opinion. HTH Chuck > > Robert > ""The Long and Winding Road"" wrote in > message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am having trouble with what appears to be a simple problem. I have a > > small > > > office and I > > > have a friend who owns a building not to far away. I am goin to order a > T1 > > > to the internet from my location and > > > a PPP T1 to his location. He has 6 customers in his location and I have > 5 > > in > > > mine. I want to give internet acess to > > > everybody and give them a routable IP address. My ISP gave me 32 > > addresses > > > so i am not going to run out. > > > BUT I can figure out how to make it work. > > > > > > the setup is > > > > > > INternet---T1---2611 ---T1---2611 > > > | | > > > | | > > > 2912 2912 > > > > > > > > > two thoughts come to mind. > > > > 1) bridge between the two locations, putting everyone on the same subnet. > > > > 2) use private IP addressing on the inside - each location retains it's > > original scheme, then do static nat to the internet. access-lists on the > > appropriate interfaces to keep the two networks alien to eachother. > > > > > > > > > > > thanks for your help > > > > > > Robert Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=60221&t=60185 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
