Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:06:54 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 150 VLANS?? Message-ID: <agb3uu4ghl4vakoe0n6jlfjocfh9c89t15@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.1038189182.98373.fisp-l@lists.sentex.ca> References: <mailman.1038189182.98373.fisp-l@lists.sentex.ca>
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Go the vlan route for sure. Dont be afraid of 150 interfaces as the lookups are hashed. You can simulate and test it fairly easily to make sure it matches your expectations. Also, Ciscos are of course nice, but if cost is an issue, check out some = of the non cisco 802.1q switches on ebay. There are Nortel Centillions with 100 port densitys going for under $1,000. Just make sure you get = software with it. ---Mike On 25 Nov 2002 14:51:27 +1300, in sentex.lists.freebsd.isp you wrote: >Hi, > > >I have been given the task of providing broadband Internet for a new >apartment building. There are about 150 apartments and I am trying to >think of the best way to tackle this one. The one condition is that I >am able to track usage for billing purposes (simple byte count will do). > >The first option that sprung to mind was to just have one big lan with >router, but there are concerns about security. =20 > >My next idea was to buy four cisco 48-port switches and have each port >on a seperate vlan, then create 150 vlan devices on FreeBSD and use ipfw >or ipf to count the bytes on each vlan device. > >Can anyone tell me if this is feasable? or am I doomed to fail? > > >thanks > >Andrew > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net)=09 http://www.sentex.net/mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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