[nflug] Routers switches and the urge to get very vocal with a Dell tech support rep

[Joshua Johnson]

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.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Richard Hubbard <rhubby at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> According to Dell, this is what I should be able to do.
>
> According to me, every set of instructions we got to do a simple "break
> your network into 8 IP subnets" has not worked.
>
> Which brings up 3 possible solutions
> 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.
> 2. Bite the bullet, and get recommendations for something that is
> advertised as a "real router". Gigabit ethernet is a requirement.
> 3. Build a cheap box and make a router using linux.
>
> 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).
> 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?
>
> Thanks!
>
> <span style="font-family:comic sans ms;">Richard Hubbard </span>
> ATTO Technology Inc
>
>
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