Hi,
> You don't say what this router is going to do.
OK, more detailed this time. I dont have the exact specifications but will
try to explain it the better I can.
First of all, I have very few information yet. A frien of us that is helping
organicing a local "Computer Party" asked us if we wanted to cooperative
placing a Lince system in it. They are just designing the infraestructure and
for us being in such a party would mean a lot of publicity and a real hard
test for our little system.
This system will manage the Internet access of around 500 users and servers
in a "Computer Party". Other servers will provide the needed services (FTP;
DHCP, Quake,...) This system just needs to be the "last frontier".
This system has 3 Realtek ethernet interfaces. One will go to the WAN link
(20MB) and the other two I dont know yet. The servers wont provide access
from the Internet, so dont know if they will need a DMZ.
The system will do firewalling to the ouside and HTB (or CBQ if too hard for
CPU) based QoS. All the inside computers will have a "real public IP" so NAT
wont be needed. Just that.
Inside we will have very expensive and intelligent equipment from Cisco
(dont know the models yet). I guess all internall 100MB traffic will be
managed by them. So the LEAF system only needs to manage the "internet"
bandwith.
A little ASCII art :)
INTERNET
|
| 20 MB
|
LEAF
| |
DMZ --- | 100 MB
|
|
Cisco (s)
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
100 MB
Internal servers and clients
> Do you want 500 users to have simultaneous Internet access?
Yes
> With Nat?
No
> DCHP?
No
> With two cards, 2 Lans?
The board has 3 ethernets, but dont know the exact configuration yet (with
DMZ or two internal). I guess that placing both as internal will force the
system to manage a 100MB stream and this will be surelly blow in peaces. So
or DMZ or just leave the third interface unused.
> On a single T1?
It will be a single connection, dont know the typeyet.
> Are you going to chain together 50 to 100 hubs?
I guess they are going to chain toguether SWITCHES and use real Cisco
routers.
> A Via 533 is not going to service 100MBS total bandwith.
I saw that. That is why the system is just in the "border" to manage only
20MB. All internal traffic will be managed by dedicated equipment from Cisco.
> And this sounds like downtown collision city.
All the infraestructure will be conmutated.
We have other options. We could use the same system but with 2x Intel
Ethernet 10/100 and 1x Intel 10/100/1000, we could use one with 512 MB RAM or
we could update the CPU to a VIA C3 800. I just one to know if the other box
will be enough.
Thanks in advance. Regards.
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