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mabourhazaouat

Jun 23rd, 2008 11:26 am

Connecting LAN to other 4 LAN

Hi all,
I would like to route informations from a LAN to 4 other LANs. Can you suggest me what is the best solution to do this. All routers I ve found are connecting LAN to WAN.
Thank you

OlyComputers

Jun 26th, 2008 9:34 pm

Re: Connecting LAN to other 4 LAN

Use a network switch instead of a router.

mabourhazaouat

Jun 27th, 2008 4:37 am

Re: Connecting LAN to other 4 LAN

Thank you for reply, just need specifications of this switch or reference in 3com or cisco brands
Mohamed

DimaYasny

Jun 27th, 2008 6:43 am

Re: Connecting LAN to other 4 LAN

any L3 switch should be able to route traffic between networks.
some L2 switches can do that as well

nashtechnology

Jun 27th, 2008 12:09 pm

Re: Connecting LAN to other 4 LAN

Yes, if you are connecting multiple LANs to make one large LAN, a switch will do the job. If the LANs are all seperate entities (i.e. different subnets) and you are looking to route data between the LANs, you can use any router. A router is used to connect multiple networks. 2 LANs can be connected via a router. One LAN goes in the LAN port of the router, the other LAN goes into the WAN port of the router.

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