OT: router?

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 11:15, azeem ahmad wrote:
> 
> >From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> >Subject: Re: OT: router?
> >Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:12:42 -0600
> >
> >On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 10:56, azeem ahmad wrote:
> > > hi list
> > > i got 6 different networks that are on ranges
> > > 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 them to communicate each other selectively, mean i want that
> > > 192.168.0.0/24 network communicate with all other networks and other
> > > networks can communicate with it, but all others networks must not be 
> >able
> > > to communicate with each other. i think the ultimate solution is using a
> > > router.
> > > m i right?
> > > and an other thing i want a cheaper solution, can u people tell me about 
> >any
> > > cheaper and good router
> >
> >Any Linux box can act as a router - you just need to cram
> >enough NIC cards in to handle all the networks.  Or split
> >the job among a few machines that reside on the 192.168.0.0
> >net.
> >
> >--
> i know
> but in fact i dont want to use a Linux machine, instead i want to use a HW 
> router

Cisco pretty much owns the router market, but for your
particular layout you could go really cheap with a
home/nat router for each of the .1-.6 networks with their
external interfaces on the 192.168.0.0 network.

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com