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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dmanaged%2520switch%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=tp6708-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 I've been seeing VLANs, jumbo frames, trunking, CLIs, SNMP monitoring, etc. getting added to a lot of the cheap entry level switches. I'm assuming they are adding these features to stand out in the consumer space, even though your "average" consumer has no idea how to use these features. - Ryan -- http://prefetch.net