[nflug] Bridging two Subnets (Linux Router Project?)

[Dennis Ruzeski]

My knee-jerk response to this is to ask why you're not assigning all those
addresses with DHCP. Make the subnet change on the server and you're set.

--Dennis




On 9/14/07, justin.bennett at dynabrade.com <justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
wrote:
>
>
> Hey Folk,
>
>         I have an increasing situation that I'm looking to be proactive
> about. I have a class C internal network at our office here, that due to
> growth  is running out of IPs, it's a 192.168.x.0/24 situation. I've come
> up with two possible solutions, fell free to suggest others, it doesn't have
> to be a free solution, just production quality.
>
> 1. Drop the subnet mast to 255.255.252.0 or less, This gives me more IPs,
> and makes no physical changes to the network, but requires me to reconfigure
> 250+ pcs, servers, VPNs, VPN routes on remote sites, ect. This is not really
> desirable.
>
> 2. Create a new 192.168.(x+1).0 subnet on a separate physical network and
> bridge the two with a router.  All new network drops would get plugged into
> this subnet.
>
>         The second solution is more appealing to me as it doesn't require
> changing all the existing devices, except adding a route to a firewall or
> two. The problem is I don't think I'm looking at a Cisco router in this
> situation, I would want probably 2 GB interfaces one for the existing subnet
> and one for the new and just have it route between the two, I don't want any
> packet filtering, firewalling, ect. Just simple static routing. I don't seem
> to find GB ethernet in the cisco routers unless you buy something modular
> and add cards, then It has way too many features l don't need and starts to
> get pricey. I know I can do the same with a Linux box with 2 cheap GB cards,
> even with an out of the box Red Hat dist.  There used to be a Linux Router
> Project but looks like it's no longer maintained.
>
>         Is anyone had a similar situation? How have you handled it. Is
> there a better router / hardware device that I don't know of that does what
> I want?
>
> Thanks
> Justin
>
>
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