HELP! -- Router setup at work...

[agrall]

I need to setup a router to do the following...

A single computer runs on an internal network in order to run an instrument. It uses Bootp. The internal addresses are as follows:

Computer: 10.1.1.100
MS: 10.1.1.101
LC: 10.1.1.102

All on a subnet of 255.255.255.0

I want to be able to connect the computer to the internet as well... The building's network is DHCP. Of course, I don't want the computer's Bootp looking on the entire WAN for print servers and such...

Is it possible to do this with a router? What router would you recommend? Any help here is appreciated... I would like to give this a shot this week...

Thanks!

 

[agrall]

Anyone? If it helps, the computer, LC and MS are all currently connected to a hub...

 

[LordSandMan]

Not quite sure I understand what you're looking for. What is LC and MC??

Is this a new network (10.1.1.0) that you are creating or does it already exist???

You say there is going to be one computer on this network, but it looks like you will have 3 devices - 100, 101, 102.

Bootp is IP based and stays on your IP subnetwork, so as long as your LAN has a seperate IP subnet from the IP subnet on the other side of the WAN you shouldn't have problems with it touching the WAN link.

 

[agrall]

The LC and MS are instruments on the internal network which already exists...

 

[TheCandyman]

You could just put a 2nd NIC in the PC that you want to use the internet and use IPSEC to lock the "intranet" from seeing the extranet.

just my $.02

 

[LordSandMan]

Any router with 2 ethernet ports should do the job. Just give the interface that is connected the this network an unused IP address, say 10.1.1.200, and give the other port an IP address that isn't in use on the other network. BootP will not cross IP networks.


hmm, you must also have a bootp server on your network someplace too right??

Is this at home or at work/school?? Are you the network Administrator?? If not, you should probably talk to them first.

 

[agrall]

It's at work, which is a school...a medical college.

I've already talked to the IT people, but they either know squat, or are willing to do squat...so I'm going to do it myself...as usual...