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newbie networking question

R

rasczak

Lifer
here's my setup,

cbl modem to di 624 router which runs 4 lines to my linux laptop and my win2k3 file server, and to my gaming machine and my brothers gaming maching upstairs

i also have two windows xp laptops running wirelessly thru the router.

now what i would like to do is have my server visible to the network but i do not want it visible to the internet.
how could i accomplish this?

i have thought of using my gaming machine as a bridge since it has two lan ports and one wireless nic card. but taht didn't seem to work like i had expected.

i think i'm almost there but then i get shot down everytime so i figure i'll post this question to see the responses.

thanks

joe

btw i have a di614 4port router available if necessary.


 
It sounds like your server is behind the NAT router so unless you have port forwarding enabled on the router, the server is not visible on the Internet by nature. No extra tweaking is necessary.
 
Cooky is right, your router handles network address translation and is hidden from the net. To be on the safe side you can give the server a static private ip within your range (example:192.168.0.110//255.255.255.0). Don't assign it a default gateway.
 
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