Hello,
Our school system is trying to figure a way to be able to isolate a certain room to be able to turn on/off their internet access without affecting their network connection. My first thought was to make an access list for the port on our Cisco 2900 XL switch, but was informed by another person that this switch was only a 'Layer-2' and I needed a 'Layer-3' switch. Another person told me that it could be possible to group the student's computers in that room on our Novell Server and add firewall restrictions there. Any idea on what software/configurations/hardware we need to accomplish this? I'm probably not giving the entire information, but, if you can decipher what I mean, please help!
Thanks!
-Anthony
PS. If it helps, this is the current network configuration:
Computers in Room
|
|
Cisco 2900 XL Switch
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| (Fiber)
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Cisco 2900 XL Switch
|
|
Novell NetWare 5.x Server.
Our school system is trying to figure a way to be able to isolate a certain room to be able to turn on/off their internet access without affecting their network connection. My first thought was to make an access list for the port on our Cisco 2900 XL switch, but was informed by another person that this switch was only a 'Layer-2' and I needed a 'Layer-3' switch. Another person told me that it could be possible to group the student's computers in that room on our Novell Server and add firewall restrictions there. Any idea on what software/configurations/hardware we need to accomplish this? I'm probably not giving the entire information, but, if you can decipher what I mean, please help!
Thanks!
-Anthony
PS. If it helps, this is the current network configuration:
Computers in Room
|
|
Cisco 2900 XL Switch
|
| (Fiber)
|
Cisco 2900 XL Switch
|
|
Novell NetWare 5.x Server.