[Tfug] Network partitioning

[Harry McGregor]

On 11/2/13 6:36 PM, Bexley Hall wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> I'm essentially looking for a layer 1 solution.  I.e., user should
> be able to decide "what can talk to what" using just their *eyes*
> tracing wires.  Layer 2 & 3 switching require "configuration"
> which means "technological expertice", "maintenance console", etc.
>
> If I can't find a small/cheap switch or router that I can coax into
> acting this way, I'll just conveniently ignore that issue and leave it
> for someone else to pick up on (I have no desire to be "mowing lawns"
> or, worse yet, "shoveling driveways" at this point in my career!  :> )
>
Sounds like port based vlans are what you want.  As far as cheap goes, a
lot of the low end routers that support dd-wrt support vlans.

-Harry

> --don
>
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