On Sunday 28 June 2009 10:44:04 pm Bob De Mars wrote: > >> If one has a managed switch, they generally support 802.1q VLANs. > > I agree with this setup using a managed switch. Don't get me wrong, I like > IPcop, and have been running its evil older brother Smoothwall @ my house > on a Pent pro 200 since almost the first beta release back in the day. The > long term problem with this setup is the box factor. Old (and new) power > supplies fail, fans will die, raid 1 is better but an old (or new) hdd That is why you get something like this will an industrial flash drive and run the IPCop flash drive mods. No moving parts at all. http://www.logicsupply.com/products/systemgs_l05 -- Bret Baptist Senior Network Administrator bbaptist at iexposure.com Internet Exposure, Inc. http://www.iexposure.com (612) 676-1946 x117 Providing Internet Services since 1995 Web Development ~ Search Engine Marketing ~ Web Analytics Network Security ~ On Demand Tech Support ~ E-Mail Marketing