RE: [MLUG] Question about setting up a network on a budget

["Pepper, Mike" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Will a switch work for sure under these conditions?
Have a single ip inbound and serve out ip address's to each port?

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rages [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:36 PM
To: MLUG Members
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Question about setting up a network on a budget


On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 01:09:40PM -0500, Pepper, Mike wrote:
> I am in need of 25 to 30 ports.
> This will include a couple of printers.
> Can I simply daisy chain 4 or 8 port routers together to get to the 
> number of ports that I need, and still be able to communicate between 
> all of the windows boxes on the LAN? Or should I go in search of a 
> single unit router that has enough ports. Thanks
> 

I'll let the pros tell you about 'should', but you can certainly chain
commodity 8-port hubs/switches together to get many ports.  All the
boxes on the LAN can see each other.  Put a $40 "share-the-internet"
router in 
for DHCP service and you're set!

But, this is for a *bank*?  I hope my bank doesn't cheap out on their IT
stuff.  Of all the information you want securely protected...

Regards,
Mark
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