[Suns-at-Home] Use SUN box as a network switch

[Brian Costello]

I have a really odd request and hope someone has done this. Is it 
feasible to turn an Ultra 1 into a simple 4 port network switch with a 
QFE card installed? I am not sure how to configure the routing table 
such that the devices attached to the QFE ports will be fully visable on 
the rest of the network. The devices attached the the QFE ports  will  
be on the same subnet at the main network which the main network port 
will be attached (HME0). For example:

Ultra 1 HME0: 192.168.0.20
    PC attached to QFE0: 192.168.0.100
    Printer attached to QFE1: 192.168.0.101
    Printer attached to QFE2: 192.168.0.102
    Printer attached to QFE2: 192.168.0.103

The Ultra 1 is running Solaris 8 or 9.

I do not know if the U1 will route traffic by default to the attached 
devices or if special routes will have to be added. I will be using 
cross over network cables to make the connection. Any suggestions are 
welcome (other than why I want to such a stupid thing).

Brian P. Costello               costellob@asme.org
San Francisco Bay Area