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I have 2 Internet connections, 1 fast ADSL and 1 slow wireless as a |
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backup. My router doesn't do automatic failover or even have support for |
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multiple WAN connections so I thought I'd set up PPP connections on my |
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Gentoo server that do PPPoE to the 2 modems which I connected directly |
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to my switch. This worked well but I soon realised that my server was |
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offering up DHCP IP addresses to machines on the otherside of my |
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wireless connection! |
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So what I want to do is setup my switch as a router. I'm a bit of a |
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newbie on advanced networking but I think that a router is basically |
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just a switch with a VLAN for the local network and VLAN for the WAN. Is |
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this assumption correct? If so I will setup 2 VLAN's on my switch (a |
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Linksys SGE2000). |
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Also how can I setup the NIC on my server to be connected to both VLAN's |
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and only do DHCP for the local VLAN? Should I be able to or need to |
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prevent one VLAN from seeing the second VLAN? What is STR and do I need |
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to set this up? Any other suggestions? |
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Cheers, |
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Dave. |
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