Although it can be done using a Linux box as a router for your switches (and they do support more than 4 cards), you still have to do all of the routing and configuring yourself. I'm sure it would be much simpler with the Dell Routers. And you already spent the money on them. I'm sure you can find someone online who has made a webpage with notes about using them or, with some persistence, find a Dell Rep who knows how to help you.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Richard Hubbard <<a href="mailto:rhubby@yahoo.com">rhubby@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">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.<br>
<br>According to Dell, this is what I should be able to do.<br><br>According to me, every set of instructions we got to do a simple "break your network into 8 IP subnets" has not worked.<br><br>Which brings up 3 possible solutions<br>
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.<br>2. Bite the bullet, and get recommendations for something that is advertised as a "real router". Gigabit ethernet is a requirement. <br>
3. Build a cheap box and make a router using linux.<br><br>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).<br>
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?<br><br>Thanks!<br><div> </div><span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span><br>
ATTO Technology Inc<div><br></div></div><br>
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