Re: multiple isp routing and lan access

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From: Bill Grant (not.available_at_online)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:50:54 +1000

   If the machines are all on the same segment and using the same IP subnet,
they do not use the routers to talk to each other. Communication between
machines on the same segment uses hardware (MAC ) addresses and send
directly over the Ethernet (also called "on the wire").

    Router are only required when a machine needs to reach a "foreign"
address (ie not in the same subnet). If the LAN client doesn't have a route
defined for that address, it sends the traffic to its default router (ie the
address configured as its default gateway).

"Tony" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED4EA8E0-9D79-4F8B-B6AE-8002B80DCEC3@microsoft.com...
> currently all these computers are on one subnet with one router. the
problem is the bandwidth being used by the workstations is killing the
websites performance which is the reason for a dedicated dsl line just for
the servers. i follow you with the gateway routing but how do the pc's on
the cable router see the 2 servers on the dsl router? sorry for the dumb
questions, i'm a programmer not a network guy. i just know enough to be
dangerous :)

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