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hide computers from others on a network

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by toiletduck_414

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if you had 10 p.c.'s in a network and wanted to hide 5 from the other department of 5 how could this be done?by changing host i.d. or network i.d.?but still both have access to a printer and the internet

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by bfilmfan

Modify this registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]

"Hidden"="1"

by netsecsvc

Yes, VLAN's exist for this purpose. You must have a good quality MANAGED switch to setup VLAN's though. In essence, you assign each port on the switch to a VLAN and ports on one VLAN cannot see the other. The problem then is allowing them to share the Internet and a printer, right? Unless you can do Inter-VLAN routing on your router, are familiar with access-lists and subnetting, then that could be a problem... :-)

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