Hello Scott!
23 Nov 97 07:28, Scott Parks wrote to Jonathan Hunter:
 JH>> The plan is to have either Linux or NT (preferably Linux from my
 JH>> POV) acting as a router between upstairs and downstairs. This means
 JH>> that we can have a 100Mb card in the machine, and have the upstairs
 JH>> network on 100Mb instead of 10Mb - seeing as cards are cheap (only
 SP> With 2 16 port Hubs you can't have too many users on the first
 SP> floor.  Why do you want to ROUTE?  Is the traffic heavy enough
 SP> to require a subnet or out of IP addresses?
The traffic isn't too heavy to be honest. I simply thought it would be better 
from an administrative point of view to keep the two networks seperate. There 
are going to be different departments on the different floors, and they use 
samba, so I thought it would also be simpler as far as samba is concerned..?
 JH>> Are there any special considerations I should have as to
 JH>> where the cable goes?? I know that you should not bend the
 JH>> cable sharply, or probably run it parallel to power cables,
 JH>> but are there any lesser-known caveats I should watch out
 JH>> for?
 SP> Are you going to run UTP from the lower floor?  Why not thin net
 SP> to another HUB?
Now that's an idea.
Which is "better" for running between floors? Is there actually any real 
difference??
Of course, one problem is that the current hubs do not have any BNC ports! 
(But they are HP, and it shouldn't be /too/ expensive to buy a BNC module for 
one)
[practical tips cut]
Thanks for your help!
Jonathan 
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