[svlug] subnetting, bridging and routes, oh my!

[Ira Abramov]

On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Alvin Oga wrote:

> > that's nuts. We simply use switch hubs for the computer room and the many
> > depertmental hub downlinks.
> 
> that works if the ethernet segments are close to each other...
> 
> but switch hubs(?) won't work across "50 miles of t1 line"...

ahhh... but we are one location, you are talking about REMOTE bridging,
that's sometimes reffered to as a bridg-router.

> from all machines...since reassigning ip# for 255 machines is not 
> trivial without passwds...and than doing the magic with subnets...
> probably 4 subnets...

no, that's what DHCP is for.

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