You could do this with separate subnets and three nic cards in the Linux box. One Nic for each subnet and one for outgoing internet traffic.
Ideally in my opinion, the best way is to break them into separate physical runs (which above would do) to cut down on broadcasted traffic and for security reasons. This is best done at the switch level by assigning VLAN's to each segment. Depending on the network size, you could actually run separate VLAN's for each department. I worked on a project two years ago that involved 535 workstations that were all on the same segment at one time. It was a disaster that way and I changed it all into a series of 10/100 switches fed into a gig switch. All departments were fed via private VLAN's internally and then fed back to the "master switch" which had fiber going out to the Internet via a PIX firewall and Cisco router. Also segmented off all their servers onto another VLAN. This dramatically improved their performance of the network, provided better security and future scalability. Just some thoughts.. Hope this helps...:) --- Paul Stewart Network Solutions Specialist Nexicom Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Richard Humphrey Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Seperate Subnet I work in a manufacturing environment and we have a LAN that is used in botht he office and on the production floor. I would like to seperate the office from the shop into a different subnet. Would I need to set up a linux box as a router to accomplish this? Also any help or suggestions would be appreciated as I am new to linux and subnetting in general. Thanks Richard Humphrey Multicam Inc. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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