From owner-freebsd-net Mon Feb 22 16:41:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from snowcrest.net (mtshasta.snowcrest.net [209.232.210.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A64F111EC for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:41:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from djewett@snowcrest.net) Received: from ws2600 (ppp510.snowcrest.net [209.148.37.158]) by snowcrest.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA15785; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:40:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <002c01be5ec5$0a5455e0$9e2594d1@ws2600> From: "Derek Jewett" To: "jonathan michaels" , Subject: Re: ethernet segment spliting Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:39:56 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Are you refering to CIDR (RFC1878) addressing, where you split one ethernet "network" into multiple "networks" segments...? If so let me know I am quite seasoned at "supernetting" derek -----Original Message----- From: jonathan michaels To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 4:22 PM Subject: ethernet segment spliting >all, > >hello > >i've been reading in teh craig hunt book (tcp/ip network administration) that >teh best way to 'glue' together a network spread geographically is to employ >several 'bridges'. i am setting up a small community netowrk based on one >class c addr range and need to incorporate several sites that can only be >reached by pots dialup circuits. > >after preening teh faq and the handbook .. most of which i fonf difficult to >read at teh best of times, i've concluded that i need to setup several >bridges, but that is as far as it goes. i am not sure how to do this or how to >set up teh routing. is their any place i could be able to read up on this >ethernet segment spliting technique. > >any suggestions or book pointers will ne muchly apreciated. > >regards and with thanks in advance. > >jonathan. > >please excuse my poor, english, is not my forst language. > >-- >=========================================================================== ==== >Jonathan Michaels >PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia >=========================================================== > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message