On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:29:33 +0100
"[Lnz]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I need to setup a small wired/wireless network where two branches of
> the network are invisibile to each other but both access the internet
> on a single phone line.
>
> In previous occasions I used Draytek modem/routers because they
> provide a port-based Virtual LAN facility, i.e. you can decide which
> of the port can see which other.
>
> This time, however, I need to provide gigabit connectivity as each
> branch should frequent backups to a separate NAS.
>
> A modem/router would be ideal, but I could not find any with a gigabit
> switch on four ports.
>
> I also could not find any other make of cheapish modem/routers which
> provide virtual LAN segregation between the ports.
I think you could probably do this using overlapping subnets, where the
router is the only device in the overlapping address space (or is the
NAS shared too?)
>
> I toyed with the idea of a separate ADSL modem, connected to a "cable"
> router, but I never used them and would not know where to begin.
>
Basically just hook them up and put the ADSL account settings in the
router.
>
> PS Are there issues to consider if I connect a small unmanaged gigabit
> switch (for instance a D-Link DGS-1008D) to a 100Mbps port of the
> router?
It should behave just as you would expect, with devices talking to each
other through the switch at 1Gb speeds and to the router at 100Mb
speeds. Of course Gigabit is a somewhat optimistic term - you'll
never get a billion bits of useful data down those wires each second.
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