From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 20 06:50:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA08671 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 06:50:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from nimbus.superior.net (root@nimbus.superior.net [206.153.96.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA08663 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 06:50:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from exidor@localhost) by nimbus.superior.net (8.7.6/8.7.5) id JAA06770; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:50:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611201450.JAA06770@nimbus.superior.net> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:50:47 -0500 From: exidor@superior.net (Christopher Masto) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ipx to ip routing References: <199611200359.VAA06570@brasil.moneng.mei.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.48.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199611200359.VAA06570@brasil.moneng.mei.com>; from Joe Greco on Nov 19, 1996 17:00:51 -0600 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Joe Greco writes: > Ideally, in a school environment, each networked classroom or lab should > be on its own subnet, or perhaps several subnets. When the machines are [...] This falls apart when you have to deal with roaming. If your "school environment" isn't dealing with student laptops now, it will be within the next few years. The nicest solution I've seen is a large subnet (~13 bits) with smart IP switches. -- Christopher Masto . . . . Superior Net Support: support@superior.net chris@masto.com . . . . . Masto Consulting: info@masto.com On Book Titles, Confidence-Building: "Correctly English in 100 Days" - title from an East ASian book for beginning English speakers