On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 19:14 -0400, Matty wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:55 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > > On 03/26/11 12:51 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > >> Use VLAN-trunks. > > someone using a $350 micro server as his ADSL gateway is highly unlikely > > to have layer 2 managed switches capable of handling VLANs. > I'm not sure this is an accurate statement. I purchased a 16-port > linksys managed 10/100/1000 switch a year ago for $200, and it looks > like there are managed switches for < $100 now: +1, and that is new. My employer purchases used HP Procurve managed switches for sub-$100 a piece. For the great majority of deployments they are more than adequate and the feature set is pretty good.