[Asterisk-Users] Hotel Setup?

[BJ Weschke]

 Linksys and Netgear switches now also do private VLANs for far less than 
6k. They will not provide the features/functionality/management that your 6k 
Catalyst will provide, but it doesn't sound like you're looking for anything 
more than making sure traffic from room to room is secure. 
  While your approach is technically feasible, it sounds like you're trying 
to kill an ant with a large boulder, and I think it would be far simpler and 
better supported in the long run to go with a lower end switch that does 
support the VLAN functionality you're looking for. Those things do exist 
today.

 On 9/12/05, Kurth Bemis <kurth at ozonecomputer.com> wrote: 
> 
> I am working with a small inn (under 50 rooms) that is next to a ski
> resort. The inn just had Cat5e Homeruns to each room installed, with a
> patch panel in the basement. Now it's my job to connect each of the
> those rooms to the Internet. I think I have a Cisco switch that I can
> do Private VLANS with, however I thought of another solution.
> 
> Has anybody seen or does anybody know of a VoIP hardphone that has
> router instead of a switch? I could connect the phone to the router,
> give IP addresses based on the phone's MAC, and then the client can
> connect thier computer to the phone. Because each phone/room would be
> on a different subnet, they wouldn't be able to see one another. Then I
> could save them 6k on Cisco gear and maybe some headaches?
> 
> Has anyone seen anything like this? Or does anyone have a better idea?
> 
> ~kurth
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