From owner-freebsd-net Mon Feb 22 19: 6: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from gw.caamora.com.au (jonath5.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.41.237]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8106811367 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:06:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jon@gw.caamora.com.au) Received: (from jon@localhost) by gw.caamora.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07423; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:05:13 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jon) Message-ID: <19990223140512.E6930@caamora.com.au> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:05:13 +1100 From: jonathan michaels To: Wes Peters Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet segment spliting Mail-Followup-To: Wes Peters , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG References: <002c01be5ec5$0a5455e0$9e2594d1@ws2600> <36D200C1.DEB5473@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <36D200C1.DEB5473@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 06:13:37PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD gw.caamora.com.au 2.2.7-RELEASE i386 X-Mood: i'm alive, if it counts Organisation: Caamora, PO Box 144, Rosebery NSW 1445 Australia Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org wes, On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 06:13:37PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > jonathan michaels asked: > > > > 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 > > any suggestions or book pointers will ne muchly apreciated. > > I'm not sure you'll find a book that will be all that helpful. most of teh texts i've comb recenly all recommend jpf organisations like mine to go seek professional help ... ummm. > The bridges Mr. Hunt writes about are generally used with leased telecom > lines, not with the dial-up lines you want to use. What you need is a > dial-up router for your remote networks. Fortunately, the user-mode > PPP in FreeBSD is really quite good at this. i was wanting to stay away from natd .. but needing several ip's for teh link and tehn teh cpu .. teh addr toll gets heavy, so natd looks like teh only real alternative, either that or convince apnic to issue me a class b addr space (GRIN) .. somehow i don't think that is going to happen any time soon. chomped .. stuff to think about > Write if you need any specific help. Sorry it took me so long to reply, > I've been buried (again) lately. ;^) i can relate to that wes, and thx for teh reply. regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== 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