Re: LAN w/ 2 Hubs

[Luke Cowell]

OK, I'll bite. Based on your questions I would say that you're fairly 
novice. If this is something that needs to work well right away I would 
simply use the uplink between the hubs. On that note, I would also 
purchase switches instead of hubs. Entry level switches are about the 
same price. If you've got time and you yearn to learn, set up the 
backbone using an extra NIC in the FreeBSD box. This will give you a 
change to learn about NAT / Firewalls and routing.

Luke

On Feb 9, 2004, at 10:21, Elsie Rae Bryan wrote:

We are in the design phase for a small business LAN and want to use
FreeBSD as our DSL router/gateway/firewall/DHCP. We need to run a
backbone cable to a second hub in an adjacent building. Rather than
connecting the two hubs via a switch box, can a third NIC be used to
connect the second hub or should the second hub be connected thru the
up-link port on the first hub? We are leaning toward LinkSys products
for all our hardware (nics, adapters, hubs) and would appreciate any
advice on hardware selection.
This is our first eMail, please advise if we aren't following the
appropriate protocol. Thanks eRae
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