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Pragma · 07-31-2003, 05:08 PM

Ideally ban it completely, but that's pretty hard to enforce.

One very sweet setup that my friends and I are trying to configure for the future is as follows:

Dedicated server machine hooked up to a Cisco switch (with support for 10+ VLANs). When you first hook into the network, you load to VLAN 0 - you're given a webpage that asks you to select what you want to do (file share, play game X, play game Y, play game Z, and so on). Given your option, it configures the switch so that you're placed on the appropriate VLAN.

When you get tired of that specific activity, you return to the webpage, tell it what you want to do next, and move to that VLAN. This provides a very nice way of segmenting broadcast domains so that the games and file sharing don't fuck with one another, while allowing people a little more freedom.

Sadly, we don't quite have the money for the require Cisco hardware (though 3 of us are CCNA certified and I'm on my way, we may be able to borrow some through our contacts. It'd be fun to try).

07-31-2003, 05:08 PM	#19 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Ideally ban it completely, but that's pretty hard to enforce. One very sweet setup that my friends and I are trying to configure for the future is as follows: Dedicated server machine hooked up to a Cisco switch (with support for 10+ VLANs). When you first hook into the network, you load to VLAN 0 - you're given a webpage that asks you to select what you want to do (file share, play game X, play game Y, play game Z, and so on). Given your option, it configures the switch so that you're placed on the appropriate VLAN. When you get tired of that specific activity, you return to the webpage, tell it what you want to do next, and move to that VLAN. This provides a very nice way of segmenting broadcast domains so that the games and file sharing don't fuck with one another, while allowing people a little more freedom. Sadly, we don't quite have the money for the require Cisco hardware (though 3 of us are CCNA certified and I'm on my way, we may be able to borrow some through our contacts. It'd be fun to try). __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!