OT: communication of different lans

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 13:41, azeem ahmad wrote:
> hi list
> i got 7 networks. which are
> 192.168.0.0/24
> 192.168.1.0/24
> 192.168.2.0/24
> 192.168.3.0/24
> 192.168.4.0/24
> 192.168.5.0/24
> 192.168.6.0/24
> 
> i want all these lans to communicate with each other,
> wot may be used to make them communicating
> a router
> or
> a layer 3 switch

A router is the usual way.  A layer 3 switch does some
routing operations and would probably work too.  If you
are looking for a cheaper way, you can stick the number
of NIC's you need in a fedora box (which would make the
discussion relevant here) or you can combine a router
with a small number of VLAN trunk capable interfaces with
a switch that also understands vlans and make it look
like each switch port is a router port.  However with that
last way the routing speed is limited by the trunk
interface where everything is combined.

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  Les Mikesell
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