>Nah, no mp3 server, but we're going to shove lots of people into a dorm,
>and there's not going to be enough switch ports. We figured that while the
>masqing was already going to happen, we might as well try to take advantage
>of the two switch ports.
A 10Mb/s connection is a LOT of traffic. How many people are you
talking about? 20 people would be WELL served off a 10Mb/s switched
link.
>A couple of the guys also work in the Science
>Library on Campus, and were planning on doing some heavy-duty file
>transfers from dorm->work and back again.
Gigs? If not.. a GOOD 10Mb/s connection will serve you nicely.
>Then of course, there is the
>occasional shared mp3 directory, networked games of TA and Quake[I,II],
These really aren't high bandwidth stuff. Games need low latency though.
>X connections to the labs (once we figure out how to get X through the masq)
On Ambrose's MASQ site:
http://ipmasq.cjb.net/
Check out the MASQ Application Page:
http://dijon.nais.com/~nevo/masq/
>and of naturally, the sheer coolness of having a dual-10BT connection to
>the rest of the campus.
Hehehe.. true but you'll probably have to split of your traffic via DNS.
Are all your addresses given out via DHCP?
>>http: www.abc.com --> 10.0.100.100
>>mp3: mp3.abc.com (CNAME to www) --> 10.0.100.100
>>
>>ftp: ftp.abc.com --> 10.0.200.200
>>mail: mail.abc.com (CNAME to ftp) --> (set via the MX record)
>
>I think I get what you're saying.. But wouldn't that require access to the
>campus DNS?
Yes and no. If you setup your own domain, you run your own DNS!
But.. though www.abc.com will resolve to your dorm address,
say 10.0.0.100 will resolve back to a campus name. Though this
is annoying, it won't break anything though some sites will complain
about this split.
>I guess I just don't understand this.. using one connection at a time is
>fine. I don't want to have one ftp session going over two cards, but if I
>need to start up 4 or 5 at a time, why not have 2 on one card and 2 on
>another? Since it's based on connections, just keep the connection on the
>originating card until it dies. Am I missing the point?
No.. I think you get it. Problem is.. I'm not aware of any FTP clients
that work this way. And, if you were doing this FTP from a MASQed
machine, I suppose a special IP_MASQ_FTP module could be written
to do this but thats beyond my knowledge.
>Thanks for your help.. feel free to stop explaining if I ask too many
>questions =)
No probs.. hehe.. I get a sick pleasure helping out on weird
esoteric problems like this!
--David
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