[nflug] Routers switches and the urge to get very vocal with a Dell tech support rep

[Darin Perusich]

I'm not sure about Dell switchs but I need to configure VLAN's on my 
3com switches to segment the various subnets. Have you tried this?

Richard Hubbard wrote:
> A number of months ago, I purchased a Dell 6224, layer 3 switch, with 
> the idea of using it to break my 150+ machine network into subnets, 
> primarily so that some tech in a lab wouldn't shut down the network with 
> a broadcast storm.
> 
> According to Dell, this is what I should be able to do.
> 
> According to me, every set of instructions we got to do a simple "break 
> your network into 8 IP subnets" has not worked.
> 
> Which brings up 3 possible solutions
> 1. Beat a Dell rep with a stick until he gets an engineer who is not 
> doing a visual inspection of his own lower intestine.
> 2. Bite the bullet, and get recommendations for something that is 
> advertised as a "real router". Gigabit ethernet is a requirement.
> 3. Build a cheap box and make a router using linux.
> 
> Any advice with the above would be helpful. Specifically regarding 2 
> (What can I get that is inexpensive, does Gigabit ethernet, and doesn't 
> necessarily include a bunch of crap I don't want, like ISDN, firewalls, 
> proxys, etc), or 3 (Inexpensive motherboards/rack mounts/PCIe Network 
> cards, etc).
> One thing I am curious about, I seem to remember from long long ago, 
> that linux only supported 4 network cards. Is this the case for real, or 
> just a bad memory?
> 
> Thanks!
>  
> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span>
> ATTO Technology Inc
> 
> 
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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-633-3463
Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com