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#1 2003-01-14 2:59 pm
Big Network problem!!!!
I work at a school, we have 500 Macs connected to the network, each mac is connected trought DHCP, and everything works fine, we can see other computers on other rooms, and the same with printers. The problem is that we have lots of printers connected to the network, each printer has its own name, example: Room110ColorStylus when the teachers go to CHOOSER they see all the printers on the network, but that shouldn't be a problem, since every printer has its own name, but some teachers don't understand that, and they are driving me crazy. Every class room has a Switch that's connected to the server port, and all the comps go to that Switch, so the class room has its own little network.
I don't think there is a way to set it up, so that the teachers will only see their printer only, not every printer in the school.
If you guys know of anyway to fix that problem, please let me know.
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#2 2003-01-14 3:31 pm
- Say_What
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Re: Big Network problem!!!!
That isn't AV college is it? Went there for a semester and they said they had one of the largest mac computer labs in the country.
Can you make VLAN's routed through the server?
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#3 2003-01-14 4:45 pm
Re: Big Network problem!!!!
That isn't AV college is it? Went there for a semester and they said they had one of the largest mac computer labs in the country.
Can you make VLAN's routed through the server?
I don't know what VLAN is! can you be more specific, or can you provide a link? thanks
... and no, is not a Lab!!!
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#4 2003-01-14 5:15 pm
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Re: Big Network problem!!!!
VLAN's (virtual LAN)are a way of breaking up a network into smaller subnets with switches and routers. I don't recall the links I used back when I was in my class but a quick search on google produced this link. In your case you could put each class on it's own network and then only permit certain traffic routed to where you wanted it to go. Like to the server, but not to a printer in the next class room.
A.V. College was written up in one of Apples news letters because it has such a large Mac program. All of the classrooms and labs have like 35+/60+ Mac's in them. It was really cool to be surrounded by so many Mac's. 
I would imagine that someone there might be a good resource for solving your problem.
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#5 2003-01-14 5:28 pm
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Re: Big Network problem!!!!
I have very limited network knowledge, but it sounds like you want a seperate zone for each classroom.
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#7 2003-01-14 6:33 pm
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Re: Big Network problem!!!!
With the right topology and router it should be possible to allow only internet traffic to your WAN connection via port selection and to your server(s) via specific IP's.
Your profile say's you are in the LA area. I'm not sure where you are at, but I took my Network classes at College of The Canayons in Santa Clarita California. Part of the class was providing so many hours of voulnteer work most of which was for different school districts. You may want to call them and see if their advance class would want to donate any time to helping you? Just a thought.
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#8 2003-01-18 8:48 pm
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Re: Big Network problem!!!!
A vlan maybe a little much for this problem at this point. May be all you need is a software solution or an access list on a router or two. Or there maybe something you can in the OS but I do not know Mac networking well enough to help you.
O by the way MaloGFX vlan stand for Virtual local area network. This is where you make a switch act like two or more switches that do not communicate with each other. It is some purity heave stuff to get working and can not be done with just any switch.
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