I have a full C address pool. I cannot use .1 as the ISP has assigned it to the 2610 LAN interface. I have two different physical networks that need to share this gateway address.
I believe I should buy a Catalyst 2912. I plan to use the remaining 253 client ID's for the two different segments.
I plan to use one port on the switch as a backbone port. - 1 VLAN
I plan to use a second port for the uplink to a wireless base station that hosts external networks. To these networks I plan to offer no more than 5 valid IP addresses each. They can NAT, Proxy or just assign these addresses - I do not care and do not take responsibility for their schemas.
I plan to use the third port to attach to my Firewall and on to my corporate LAN. The firewall is an appliance and not very strong (I know, I should buy a PIX or at least an IOS that is sexier but times are tough and I have to remind myself that I am not at a .com anymore).
These two different networks will use the same network ID and Mask. They should not see each other, they should always use the backbone port on the switch to hit external networks/Internet.
Does anyone have a better solution (cost conscious please) or a more detailed explanation regarding using filters or VLAN to try to seperate traffic between the two networks?
Many thanks to those who can help.
