Scenario: I've got a linux-based router using iptables to set up subnets.
Currently it's setting up subnets with vlan tags. I've also got an old Dell switch, which uses the vlan tags to dedicate ports to various vlans. But ... I need to quickly set up a similar network with an unmanged switch. Here's the question: Can I use an ordinary unmanaged switch, and lose only the port dedication? In other words, can I still use the router the set up subnets, and then use a cheap unmanaged switch (which I already have), so I can attach computers to a specific subnets (software, of course, by configuring ethernet ports on the servers with ifcfg-eth:X, without caring anything about the ports they're plugged into? I'll eventually go back to the Dell managed switch, but I want to do a quick move; I know I can set up any machine as a temporary router but I don't have access to another managed switch right now, nor do I have the time to learn how. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
