+++ Ravi Kumar Tenneti [2013-01-30 19:27:52]: > But the following problems are encountered: > > 1. Most of the systems are having One ethernet (which is onboard) and only > one PCI slot.
There are PCIe ethernet cards too. And most motherboards have 2-3 of them. > 2. In the market getting Dual NIC is becoming difficult and also want to > know - if anybody tried differently. You can go with a router on a stick type config where you buy some cheap dd-wrt compatible Wifi-Router with a switch that supports vlans. This works out great for low volume networks since most cheap routers only come with a 100Mbps ports.(Cost under INR2k) High-end wifi routers(INR6-8k) these days come with a gigabit switch. Or you can buy dedicated hardware for your firewall/gateway from some company like MikroTik http://routerboard.com/ (USD 60 upwards.) If you really need to use a PC for your gateway, you can get a quad-port gigabit card for around INR 12k. Kingsly -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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