On Friday, 07/15/2005 at 01:05 EST, Alan Schilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been thinking about this and I'm sure my terminology is incorrect but my > intent is to isolate groups of hosts. Why would I use guest lan and need a > routing host whether it is zVM TCPIP or a Linux guest when with the > capabilities of VLAN and trunking I get the same result.
You wouldn't. If you can accomplish the NATing/firewalling/routing you need in the switch, then use a VLAN-aware VSWITCH as long as the use of VLANs is a permitted technology in your installation. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
