Ok, let's see if I can describe this...
We have a computer in our department which is dedicated to running an LC-MS instrument. It controls it through the network card. To do this, the network card is connected to a hub, which all of the other instrument components are connected to. The Network setup on the computer (Win NT 4.0) is TCP/IP set to a specific address (something like 100.1.1.1). A Bootp server loads up with the OS that runs the communication between all the instrument components (each component has a similar address (100.1.1.2, etc.)).
My question is this... Is it possible to hook the computer up to the building network? I would like to be able to access data from my PC in my office, and it would be nice to connect to the internet at times too... Out building network is DHCP... I purchased a 5 port switch, thinking I could connect that between the wall jack for the building network and the hub to separate the "noise" of running the instrument from the building network.
Any suggestions are welcome...thanks!
We have a computer in our department which is dedicated to running an LC-MS instrument. It controls it through the network card. To do this, the network card is connected to a hub, which all of the other instrument components are connected to. The Network setup on the computer (Win NT 4.0) is TCP/IP set to a specific address (something like 100.1.1.1). A Bootp server loads up with the OS that runs the communication between all the instrument components (each component has a similar address (100.1.1.2, etc.)).
My question is this... Is it possible to hook the computer up to the building network? I would like to be able to access data from my PC in my office, and it would be nice to connect to the internet at times too... Out building network is DHCP... I purchased a 5 port switch, thinking I could connect that between the wall jack for the building network and the hub to separate the "noise" of running the instrument from the building network.
Any suggestions are welcome...thanks!
