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    MAC Identification on WAN VIA NAT?

    The short answer is no, the WAN cannot tell the MAC address of a host inside your network. The more detailed answer is, there are several other things that something on the WAN side can look at to identify hosts inside the NAT. Some of them are TCP info (sequence numbers, high port numbers)...
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    Checking build config before I order...

    A few thoughts: 1. The E6300 Wolfdale has the VM extensions. So you're good there. 2. VMs need ram, so if you're going to do them, think about more than 4 gigs. 3. You don't have a RAID controller, and your motherboard doesn't support RAID. 4. If you do intend to put more ram into the...
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    Please help: What network allows 1 or more host computers?

    In most networking books and common IT vernacular, a host is considered any device connected to the network. It can be a router, a server, a workstation, a printer, or anything else that has a network interface. Peer-to-peer, client-server and the like are just ways of describing the...
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    Link Aggregation

    My experience with teaming, at least in a windows environment, is that you must have the same vendor as a minimum, as the vendor driver supports/facilitates teaming. You could create a multiple NIC Intel Team, their driver allows this quite easily. But I know Intel's driver doesn't let one...
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    Dual Wan router needed

    You can do this fairly easily on a Cisco (or other professional-level) router. Depending on what types of connections you are using for your wan, as well as the overall traffic, something like an 1841 would probably be a good option. Easily being relative though. Cisco routers aren't easy in...
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    Is this possible?

    If you're running XP or vista, you can bridge the two (wireless and wired) and it will pass the traffic between the two ports easily. Then just plug a lan port into your wireless router, and it will re-broadcast anything that comes in the wire out the wireless. Probably the easiest way to do...
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    ProCurve Questions

    Does the 1800 support a cluster-like management feature? Is there a variant that does gigabit and PoE? Really, what I'm looking for is a 8, 16,and/or 24 port switch that does vlans, poe and gige, and it'd be nice if it clustered too, but not necessary. And I don't have a Cisco budget...
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    VLAN How To: Segmenting a small LAN

    I run the SRW2024, and a Cisco 3725 router. On the switch side, I have ports set as access and trunk, but I haven't used General. I think it means that you can define on a per-port, per-vlan basis whether the vlan is tagged or untagged. I think that the .1q spec can only allow one untagged...
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    New Network Questions

    I also agree with StoneCat's recommendation of the SmallBusinessServer. I've used it with a few clients too, and is a great product. The reason you'd want to go with SBS rather than the standard server is because it includes exchange email, as well as a bunch of management wizards and tools...
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    Putting together the SNB RAID NAS Explorer

    You might try this board then. It has dual x16 PCI-e slots, as well as 6 onboard ports, and the ICH10R Southbridge. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136055 Tam
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    Putting together the SNB RAID NAS Explorer

    Tim, This isn't a Mini-ITX board, in fact, it's a full ATX one. But it would give you all the features you want. I know you want to keep your costs down, so perhaps the Gigabyte EP45-DS3R would be a board you'd want to consider. I got it from Newegg, seems like it was about 120. It has...
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    Router VLAN performance testing

    I was glad to see that Doug tested lan1-lan2 and vlan1-vlan2 performance on his Zyxel USG100 review. Thanks! Tam
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    Router VLAN performance testing

    The segregation of vlans is a layer 2 function. But routing traffic BETWEEN vlans would be a layer-3 function. This routed traffic between vlans was what I was hoping to see tested. Thanks, Tam
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    Router VLAN performance testing

    Tim, It occurred to me the other day while reading a request for help on a different thread, you don't have Lan-Lan performance on routers that support vlans. Is this something you could go back and test/add? If vlans are used, the router will have to do some kind of layer-3 processing...
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    Rebuilding Home Network - Advice?

    I would say that you don't want to split your network into two separate segments unless you have a router that can connect them at full speeds. I don't know if Tim has tested LAN-LAN vlan routing, but you will probably be bandwidth limited, unless you have a very high-end router. Also...
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    Proposal for a NAT start up home server

    I agree, this is way overkill for a NAS box. Mine is overbuilt, but I also run VMs and other services on it. I think you need to first pick your OS for your NAS. Then settle on if you're going to use any form of raid. Then, you need to choose a raid card (or mb w/raid) that is supported...
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    Is iSCSI within the Scope of this Site?

    I would also be highly interested in anything iSCSI related. I played with it a bit, but I really felt like I was lacking in knowledge to really make it do what I wanted. Tam
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    Bandwidth Monitoring

    So, I went and have been playing with NetFlow some more, one of the links you sent me has a windows/web 30 full, past that limited version that has been reasonably impressive. If all you need to monitor are two interfaces the free/limited version supports that. I want to play with a few more...
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    Bandwidth Monitoring

    NetFlow is available on pretty much all Cisco routers, 800 series, 1700, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 3800, etc... The 4500 is more of mid-grade switch, and the smaller switches don't support Netflow. But my 3640 certainly supports it, I just have to get something on the client side to receive the...
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    Downsized office trying to eliminate Server

    I'm with Scotty on this... if all you have is a shared internet connection and some shared files, a NAS and a router/gateway will work fine. If data protection is important, be sure to get a NAS that runs RAID-1 to protect against a hard drive puking. And as for the router features, since...
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