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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 23:21:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sniffing networks
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.10005182315260.16092-100000@super-g.inch.com>
In-Reply-To: <38725AB4.852D4FAE@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>

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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Olaf Hoyer wrote:
(ouch, gotta get to these lists more often...)

> Yes, they began to install one switch, so that net network is divided
> into 11 segments (floors in our home), then money was at its end...

It may be too expensive, but we're using a switch/router that gives us 48
ports for < $5K US.  It priced out much lower than most chassis-based
units, and it has some nifty features.  You can give a "master" vlan an
IP, say a /24 and include other ports as "sub-vlans".  Each of these can
be bound to a port and either a range of IPs or a single IP.  It locks
people down pretty hard, and if they try to nab someone else's IP, they
simply drop out of the vlan.  There's really no need to do MAC-level
locking, as everything happens at the IP layer.  You can also flip a
switch to prevent users from even exchanging traffic with each other...
Very nifty, but maybe out of your price range, I don't know.

Charles
 
> Here in Germany some hardware is quite expensive, or can someone point
> me to a good source for inexpensive _and_ reliable products? 
> 
> Regards
> Olaf Hoyer
> 
> 
> 
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