- Feb 29, 2000
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Got a question for you network guru's out there. I handle IT for a food processing facility. We have 2 networks running. One is an Office network for accounting, production, shipping, etc. etc. The 2nd network is for our control systems of the equipment that we use for processing and is supported by our engineering dept. We currently are using one Class C subnet for each of these networks. We have a Cisco 2600 series router that is used to connect the office network to a WAN via frame relay. I have the 2 local networks currently routed using an Intel 550t Routing switch, just for local traffic. I don't have access to the cisco router, our corp. office handles that. The 2nd subnet that is used for the control system was being used by another processing plant within our company, but it was recently shutdown and sold. Anyways, the office network already has a gateway to go out to the WAN. Is it just a matter of setting up a virtual gateway on the cisco router for the 2nd ip subnet, and making changes to the static routes on the router in regards to the 2nd subnet? Does the control system network need to be physically attached to the cisco router in order for this to work? This is just an FYI question for me, as I won't be involved in getting this setup on the cisco router, if it ever gets done. Thanks in advance.