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Hi. I'm fairly new to networking. I've been browsing similar questions and have gotten a feel for the general concept of what needs done. However, I feel like I'll need some direct feedback in order to best implement my own solution. So here's the details:
I have an existing network of about a dozen machines (all Microsoft clients and servers plus one linux box that hosts FTP). We have an ADSL line (1.5M/384k) running through a Westell 6100 DSL modem, Linksys WRT54G router, and a Netgear (24-port) JFS524 switch. There are also a few Netgear (5-port) FS105 switches being used in offices where more connections were needed.
What I now need to do is the following:
1. Allow a new set of computers to share the same ADSL connection, but remain totally isolated from the existing network of computers. (50 points)
2. Separate and control the bandwidth (upload and download) available to each group of computers. (50 points)
3. Within the existing group of computers, set a maximum bandwidth available to the linux server when it is in use (so that the rest of the group isn't bogged down while FTP hogs all the bandwidth). Otherwise, all computers in that group should have access to as much bandwidth as is available. (50 points)
From what I have read, I'm guess that #1 will require configuring separate subnets. But I'm not sure how to implement this. And for #2 and #3, i have read a variety of h/w and s/w approaches for traffic shaping, rate-limiting, bandwidth throttling, etc... and am basically just confused overall :)
Please let me know any required details that I may have left out or where clarification is needed. And thanks in advance for all help!
