From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Mar 23 20: 7:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from lotl.clari.net.au (lotl.clari.net.au [203.26.127.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D84637B71B for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:07:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danny@helium.clari.net.au) Received: from helium.clari.net.au (helium.clari.net.au [203.8.14.114]) by lotl.clari.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA90813 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:07:41 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from danny@helium.clari.net.au) Received: from localhost (danny@localhost) by helium.clari.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA05382 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:07:41 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from danny@helium.clari.net.au) Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:07:41 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: DSL services to apartments Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm thinking of providing Internet access to an apartment block via a DSL line. DSL is new to Melbourne and I have not actually used one myself, yet, so please bear with me. I get the impression that the best way to do this is: Internet | DSLRouter-----[SWITCH] | | | | A B C D...etc I'd like to use a FreeBSD box in place of SWITCH, but there is an issue of port density. If the above scenario is appropriate then I can use either a dumb switch or a programmable switch. The dumb switch would allow people to see PCs in other apartments. The programmable switch could prevent that. Can anyone let me know (a) is it worth putting in the programmable switch, or should I just tell people to secure their own PCs; (b) what are people's recommendations for a low cost per port programmable switch? Also, is there a completely different approach that I should consider? I'm open to any suggestions, provided the cost to the end user is realistic. Thanks, Danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message