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by allentech

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hi,

here is the scenario, for example i have a local area network connected to the internet via dsl modem and it has a router/firewall. and then i have another network but unlike the first one it is not connected to the internet in any way. it isjust a file/printer sharing network. is there anyway that a workstation on the first network(the one that has internet) also view the second network's shared files and devices?

thanks in advance...

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by dodikus

"Internet" computer is connected to second network?

If it is,

you can easely change IP adress and subnet mask of "Internet" computer to valid one for second network

or

you can assign second IP adress on network adapter on "Internet" computer to valid one for second network if it is neccessery for you to use specific IP on "Internet" computer in network properties for active network connection, clik TCP/IP protocol, choose properties, click button advanced, and you have a list of currently assigned IP adresses on your station.

by dodikus

"Internet" computer is connected to second network?

If it is,

you can easily change IP address and subnet mask of "Internet" computer to valid one for second network

or

you can assign second IP address on network adapter on "Internet" computer to valid one for second network if it is necessary for you to use specific IP on "Internet" computer in network properties for active network connection, click TCP/IP protocol, choose properties, click button advanced, and you have a list of currently assigned IP addresses on your station.

by ann777

What you should do is go to www.netswitcher.com and configure your computer for the two networks it operates under.

Then whenever you are at a particular location, at boot you choose the network you are connecting to.

Depending on your OS,you may also be able to setup hardware configurations/profiles for your different networks.

by ann777

If you are asking about the laptop "seeing" the isolated LAN while not proximate to it, the only other way (ie not through the Internet) it can be done is if the LAN has a modem ready to answer (RAS - Remote Access Service) on one of the servers.... or through a modem and PC Anywhere (or other remote control software) software.

by allentech

guys, i mean view the two local area network at the same time in the network neighborhood, do i have to have 2 lan cards? with different ip addresses? will that work?

by jim.kam

The information you are giving is really confusing. And you didn't mention any network operating system in your network that might do the job. I assume that your two LAN were isolated using two different IP segment. If this is the situation, I won'tthink there is any other choices to browse through the other network but to bring in a router to route packets to the next IP segment.

by shmaltz

Yes, but you need the 2 following things:
1. A physical connection to that second network (i.e. Dial Up internet, DSL internet, Local Ethernet, Wireless).
2. A protocol that is capable of handling the requests, i.e. TCP/IP with Microsoft Windows Networking.

by sabrodiesel2000

Ofcourse as the 1st network would have a DHCP server as well and that DHCP would have having some scopes defined, so whenever the PC on the 2nd Network would want to access the 1st Network, the IP address would be changed and that IP should be in the IP RANGE of the 1st Network.

Not to forget that by default the IP RANGE of the 2nd Network is in the exlcuded list(means unallowed).

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