Virtually Distinct

I did something awesome the other day.

On the back of these little Linksys WRT54GL units are 5 net ports.  One's for the ISP are for fun.  Huck some gear into the ports and par-tay together.

But they don't all need to be part of the same net.  So me and NB split off all four ports into 4 separate networks, which themselves don't ever see each other, almost.

The last one?  It holds a scanner and printer, which is shared by everyone.  It's like it's three nets with a one-way connection in to the Common Area, and to the net.

Oh.  And the Wifi is glued to only one net, but it could be a distinct, separate 5th, like I already do here.

There's a reason why the Linksys WRT54GL is still a $75 router, new, despite the fact it's only 10/100 Mb on the ports.

There's another post.  Bam!