> what exactly is that you are trying to do... I am trying to reduce latency, reduce peer to peer bandwidth hogs, and do some stateful firewalling while I am at it.
I want to drop in one Debian Linux box running the 2.4.19 Kernel between the router and the switch. The Linux box has 2 interfaces. It will be routing and inspecting packets. I understand the first thing I need to do is get packets to route. This is the hard part for me. I have used IP-tables with one network and nat, but I have never routed multiple networks. We have 6 T-1 with 16 class C networks coming into a Cisco 7200 VXR. The router is managed by Fast-net, our upstream provider. They were kind enough to give the router config file. ;-) Here is the part I am need to worry about. ip classless ip route 192.146.226.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.33.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.34.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.35.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.36.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.37.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.38.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.39.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.40.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.41.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.42.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.43.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.44.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.45.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.46.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 ip route 209.243.47.0 255.255.255.0 FastEthernet0/0 We manage the Catalyst 5500 switch. I am not sure how the Linux box functioning as a Router/firewall/shaper will fit in the network. Should I ask Fast-net to reconfigure their router so that their router passes all packets to the new Linux router ? Or, do I need simply to connect 2 cross over cables and drop in the Linux router and reconfigure the switch to point to the new router ? Things I am looking at: http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/08/24/LinuxAdmin.html http://www.linuxpowered.com/archive/howto/Adv-Routing-HOWTO-12.html http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO/lartc.cookbook.ultimate-tc.html Don't think I will be making it a bridge http://mailman.ds9a.nl/pipermail/lartc/2001q3/001424.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
