On 05/20/2015 08:32 AM, James Knott wrote:
On 05/20/2015 08:23 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Yes, I've seen schools/university where each room, large, think lecture
room, would need its own subnet. Perhaps hundreds of users aka students attending lecture. I understand that is the case precisely.
If that's the case, he'll also have to do some WiFi planning, to minimize interference between rooms.
+1
Though I can't tell from his responses, I suspect his problem is getting through NAT.
+1 I've nothing against NAT in a suitable context. My house is one such with a limited but multi-level need. Buting a couple of IPV4/27 subnets just for me is ridiculous. That's why we need to move to IPV6.
Also, the proper way to do this is to use proper routing, rather than NAT,
+1
but consumer level routers generally don't support that.
because they are addressing the small and limited needs of the home user. Cost and 'plug-n-play' matters more than functionality in the broader sense. As such, consumer-level, NAT, devices may be completely inappropriate for the context the OP is dealing with.
The idea, when serving a large area, with many users is to limit the size of the IP broadcast zones.
+1 VERY IMPORTANT And that has to do with frequencies used as well as IP ranges.
With separate subnets, connected by non NAT routers, that is easily done.
You know that; I know that. But then we've had mucho exposure to the network world, hung out at various InterOps (and have the shirts to prove it). Much "learning experiences".
NAT just adds complexity.
Well, yes and no. For the ordinary home user its a simple plug-n-play. It may screw his security and other things he's not paying attention to, but that's the way of such compromises. But for anything non-trivial, the replication that the OP is envisioning, its going to add complications. If the OP want to use these sub euro-30 devices then he is going to have to do a lot of careful planning and even so my still end up with some areas where service is either unacceptable or impossible. And that's a technical matter not a philosophical one. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org