Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:23:07 -0800 From: Luke Cowell <luke@storydriven.com> To: Elsie Rae Bryan <elsierae@c-interactions.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LAN w/ 2 Hubs Message-ID: <3566F218-5B89-11D8-BF61-000A9568D94A@storydriven.com> In-Reply-To: <4027CFA1.C7B6EDDC@c-interactions.com> References: <4027CFA1.C7B6EDDC@c-interactions.com>
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OK, I'll bite. Based on your questions I would say that you're fairly novice. If this is something that needs to work well right away I would simply use the uplink between the hubs. On that note, I would also purchase switches instead of hubs. Entry level switches are about the same price. If you've got time and you yearn to learn, set up the backbone using an extra NIC in the FreeBSD box. This will give you a change to learn about NAT / Firewalls and routing. Luke On Feb 9, 2004, at 10:21, Elsie Rae Bryan wrote: > We are in the design phase for a small business LAN and want to use > FreeBSD as our DSL router/gateway/firewall/DHCP. We need to run a > backbone cable to a second hub in an adjacent building. Rather than > connecting the two hubs via a switch box, can a third NIC be used to > connect the second hub or should the second hub be connected thru the > up-link port on the first hub? We are leaning toward LinkSys products > for all our hardware (nics, adapters, hubs) and would appreciate any > advice on hardware selection. > This is our first eMail, please advise if we aren't following the > appropriate protocol. Thanks eRae > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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