OT: router?

[azeem ahmad]

>From: Neil Cherry <ncherry at comcast.net>
>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 13:56:35 -0500
>
>azeem ahmad wrote:
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>>>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
>
>Technically there is no such thing though Cisco seems to be one
>of the closest to approach that. I think I know what you mean
>though (not a PC).
>
>If you're talk for home use then a WRT54GL with OpenWRT, HyperWRT
>or Sveasoft software should be able to handle that. You may need
>to add real 802.1q support (real VLANs) and a switch that supports
>it. Or just use virtual interfaces eth0, eth0:1, eth0:2 ... eth0:5
>and the single interface (I normally don't go past eth0:2).
>
>For a business setup then skip the WRT and get yourself a big
>router. The WRT isn't meant to support ~1500 nodes. Since your
>asking I think you need to consider talking to someone who can
>design your network properly.

i dont need a gigabit, rather i want 100Mbps.
">Technically there is no such thing though Cisco seems to be one
>of the closest to approach that. I think I know what you mean
>though (not a PC)."
Mr Neil Cherry do u mean that there isnt any such hardware that enable 
ip_forwarding between those networks.