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You can often find surplus gear at a discount. Managed 10/100 switches are becoming next to dirt cheap on eBay. Try looking for some of the more esoteric gear or "older name" stuff, but be wary, some of the older devices are not quite... up to par with our modern packet pushers. You can save a lot of money with knowledge and avoid the bad deals. Extreme, Bay Networks (Certain Models), etc. make some decent kit that fits the bill. You might even find some older Cisco gear. Basically, a lot of it's unsupported, and as such the value drops by a fair amount since the devices cannot really be used by most businesses*. You'll often find that the firmware on the switch is "good enough" even if you can't find newer code for it. * They don't have the IT staff to troubleshoot things, but they can certainly RMA something or work with tech support on a phone. Job opportunities exist in the firewall/security consulting space between vendor support and a small business owner doing the work themselves. Alex M wrote: > Ok, I guess I will buy LInksysor NetGear and I'll see what happens. > As to the number of users, at this moment I just playing around, so maybe 4 > users that need to be isolated. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ardit Saliu [mailto:muhrem at mt dot net dot mk] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:38 PM > To: 'Alex M' > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > Also try dell, hp, 3com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex M [mailto:radiussupport at lrcommunications dot net] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 23:29 > To: Monowall Support List > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > Lol, yes some times cool toys are too expansive for home use :-P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jewell, Michael [mailto:mjewell at law dot umaryland dot edu] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:17 PM > To: Alex M > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > I forget sometimes not everyone is working with .edu funding :) > > -Mike > > > Michael Jewell, CCNA > Information Systems Support Engineer > University of Maryland School of Law > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex M [mailto:radiussupport at lrcommunications dot net] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:41 PM > To: Monowall Support List > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > Ummm Cisco 2960 on ebay, the cheapest one 500$ > I guess I'll have to do manual VLAN configs with Netcger that I ca get > for > 20$ including shipping :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jewell, Michael [mailto:mjewell at law dot umaryland dot edu] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 8:43 AM > To: Monowall Support List > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > "and damn cisco don't have web interface" not true, it just depends on > the > model... the smaller ones I ordered ave web interfaces... I just bought > 3 > 2960's, but they're probably out of your price range.... > > -Mike > > ________________________________ > > From: Alex M [mailto:radiussupport at lrcommunications dot net] > Sent: Mon 7/16/2007 3:24 AM > To: Monowall Support List > Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > > > Well I guess I will have tu hunt for them on ebay now :( > But so far as I seen on ebay they have only Linksys and Netgera managed > switches... and damn cisco don't have web interface > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Buechler [mailto:cbuechler at gmail dot com] > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:20 PM > Cc: Monowall Support List > Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Isolating users with managed switch > > On 7/15/07, Alex M <radiussupport at lrcommunications dot net> wrote: >> Thanks for all relies; now I got more questions: >> >> 1. Is PVLAN proprietary to Cisco or there are some other switches that > I > can >> afford ;-) >> > > None others that I've seen, though there may be some. You can pick up > one of the 24 port switches off that list for maybe $100-200 USD on > ebay, while some of those cost a pile of money there are several cheap > ones on that list. > > >> 2. If I create VLAN tag for each user on mono, can I make my Captive > Portal >> work with that? >> > > No. CP can only run on one interface, each VLAN would be its own > interface. You could have another m0n0wall box upstream from the one > that routes the VLAN's and do CP on it. > > >> 3. What is the difference between Static VLANs and Dynamic VLANs >> > > Static means a given switch port is always assigned to a specified > VLAN. Dynamic means VLAN is assigned automatically by the switch based > on something, like a MAC address. > > -Chris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > |