Subject: OT: routers
From: James Dory (jdory@gci.net)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 15:33:47 AKST
I know this isn't on topic but wondering if I could tap some knowledge
from the sysadmins... email off list if appropriate.
I have a network with about 30 total potential users scattered about.
about 10 or 12 users centrally located, then others scattered about
town. They will be connecting into the central location via mostly
pairgain modems/leased lines from the teleco. These are ethernet
connections from pairgain to lan switch or router.
I want to subnet them and do direct IP routing. Probably stick with
Cisco routers. A good friend suggested router-on-a-stick method.. maybe
2600 series up to 3700. I've priced the 3725 at around $6000 which may
be a hard sell. But I'm curious about the performance gain from say the
2600 series at around 25-30 Kpps to the 2691 at 70 Kpps to the 3700 at I
think 100 Kpps. Trying to figure out what I need via the Cisco website
is an exercise in pure frustration.
Anyway, these routers mostly have 2 eth ports - not sure how many
subinterfaces you can get before performance suffers for our little
network. (up to maybe 8 users max. at outlying depts. - mostly only a
few at each.) I think these routers are mostly modular so a guy could
put EtherSwitch modules in them or the 4 port eth modules, but I cannot
even find out for sure on Cisco's site if these only offer switching or
do they indeed have routing capability. The wording to me is just not
clear.. although it may be to someone familiar with it.
Do I need a router at each end? It has been suggested to use the 806
(around $500) at each remote office. I do have Cisco 2950's at some
depts. This gets a bit confusing.. too many choices. It is like when I
shop for a shirt and go into a department store.. too many choices so I
just leave, no shirt.
To be on topic, I am running Linux so far on my server.
Cheers, JD
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