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Nathan<br>
Did anyone ever get back to you ob this question?<br>
<br>
You will need to add a router between the two networks in order to
route the packets (the only way to keep the 2 networks separated). See
the attached modified drawing.<br>
This can be done with an older PC and Linux. Could be run Headless,
using console redirection over serial port.<br>
<br>
See the following documents.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.aboutdebian.com/network.htm">http://www.aboutdebian.com/network.htm</a>
- a lot of reading<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.usenet-forums.com/linux-networking/69858-connecting-two-networks-two-linux-boxes.html">http://www.usenet-forums.com/linux-networking/69858-connecting-two-networks-two-linux-boxes.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://linux-ip.net/html/routing-local.html">http://linux-ip.net/html/routing-local.html</a>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://leaf.sourceforge.net/">http://leaf.sourceforge.net/</a> -
setting up a Linux router/firewall<br>
<br>
Colin<br>
PS<br>
I started with a Redhat 5 PC with 2 nics as my initial
router. I
replaced it with a LEAF project, floppy/CD combination ROUTER. I
finally bought a D-Link Router with Wireless. My first Linux was
Slakeware 0.7 on 7 5.25" floppies on a Sperry 286 PC.<br>
I mainly work with CISCO, Nortel and Efficient Networks
equipment. Install and service but not much with configuration.<br>
I do know that bridging is between two dissimilar physical
networks (i.e. 5bt and 10/100bt) on the same sub net while routers
connect different subnets together.<br>
<br>
Nathan T. wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:48960C90.5000606@gmail.com" type="cite">Hi all, <br>
<br>
This should prove interesting for many of you in the list who are
networking gurus. <br>
<br>
I have two networks at home, and so far it's worked ok. Now we are
looking at sharing a network printer to all the computers, and I
wouldn't mind being able to access my NAS from the computers on the
family network for when I am doing maintenance on them. At some point
we may even be looking at a shared network storage for everyone in the
household. <br>
<br>
Anyway, I would like to merge the networks while still keeping the
modems separate, using different subnets seems to isolate the networks
again from my experimentation, and using static IP addresses and
filtering at the router would require manual configuration every time a
change is made to the network. Does anyone here have any ideas? <br>
<br>
Thanks, <br>
<br>
Nathan T. <br>
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