Network Mania
From Bilbo
2006-10-09
Everyone seems to be wondering how I ran out of network ports when I have two 8-port switches and why I had to buy a 16-port switch. *chuckle* Here's the breakdown:
Private net:
- Elrond (my FreeBSD workstation)
- Gandalf (my Windows workstation)
- Legolas (my laptop)
- Strider (my old laptop)
- Radagast (Kristi's Windows workstation)
- Bombadil (gaming machine connected to my projector)
- Gimli (TiVo in the living room)
- Gloin (TiVo in the exercise room)
- Delving (headless apps: backups, serial consoles, mp3 player, etc)
DMZ:
- Smaug (server for me and friends, mostly shells, email, and web sites)
- Ivybush (server for web apps that store sensitive data in world-readable files)
- 5 Hosted computers
Plus Cirdan (my FreeBSD firewall) is connected to both, of course. Also, I always forget Ancalagon, my off-site backup DNS.