Network help

[gyrogypsy]

Good Afternoon All,

I am in need of some help and advice. I am no network pro, but I know the basics and that is why I am asking for help on this issue.

I currently have two separate networks, each with their own router and DHCP servers on 172.16.0.XXX and 172.16.10.XXX (using these network addresses for a reason which I will not go into detail why here).

I need to be able to connect both networks together so I can access each network resources from either network. My problem is this - when I connect the two together, the 172.16.0.XXX picks up 172.16.10.XXX addresses! I am pretty sure that this is a simple problem to solve, but like I say I am no expert and I am hoping that someone out there is.

Very much appreciate the help...

Gyro

 

[JackMDS]

All you need is one computer in one of the Networks that have two NICs.

It is called Bridging Networks.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/77970-network-bridge-create-delete.html





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[azazel1024]

Or setup the routing rules on the two routers to route traffic to the other network, which'll be a peach with NAT going on.

Better option, if you have more than 1 resource between each network you want to access (it is easy to do with port forwarding and routing tables for a single resource/resource type), is getting a router that supports more than 1 /24 IP range and run it for both LANs.

Or as Jack mentioned, bridge them using a dual NIC machine.

 

[alkemyst]

the answer is if you need the networks to talk, route that traffic.