Good reply, thanks! But there are reasons why I need a L3 box between our networks. 1st is DHCP, both of us have our own usage sensitive $$$ ISP uplinks and ISP provided home router gateway/modems. Therefore we like to keep our "north bound" traffic segregated (unless one of us has an outage). Therefore that requires us to keep our DHCP discovery packets segregated as well so that all hosts have the "correct" gateway address. Also when we shared a common vlan/bridge group in the past, I have been having issue's with interaction between his SC and my controller, which prompts me to upgrade my controller continously. So that's what I would like to insert a cheap low powered L3 switch in between our networks. I could create two vlan (bridge groups) on the L3 switch. Each with a unique L3 virtual interface belonging one of our networks. The vlan connected to my network would be a single port vlan. The vlan facing my neighbors network would have 2 ports, one to connect to his network, and one for my NAS. The L3 switch would of course be located off site at his house, giving be a off site backup. He will likely locate a NAS at my house as well. If DD 3rd party software support's L3 switch "like" functionality on the LAN or WAN port of a generic "linksys" my problem would be solved. I have not been able yet to determine that.
Because my existing router/modem (2 wire) is provided by my service provider, it has a ISP specific F/W on it preventing me from many of the advanced menu's..... If I was to spark up an old PC for this application , I would "sign out" a multi NIC PC simulator from work. These "Sims" can run's our Service Router software. But again, I would like to keep it quiet running and low power. Thanks again -- sfraser 2 Chan. System SB3->Benchmark DAC-1-> Bryston(BP-25,3B)->PMC TB2 Home Theater System SB2-> Bryston(SP1,4B,4B,2B,2B)-> PSB Stratus Goldi Basement System SB2-> Parasound Preamp (carver M1.0t) ->Klipsch La Scala's Bedroom System SB2-> Sony BoomBox Rear Deck/Patio Duet-> Yamaha Reciever-> PSB Mini's, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64547 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
