Re: Hubs,Switches,Routers,Software Settings?

From: Ron Lowe (ron-msng_at_{d.e.l.e.t.e.}lowe-family.me.uk)
Date: 09/02/04 

Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:28:23 +0100

> The first option I cant get to work and the second one is
> unavailable.
>
> Is there a hardware solution such as having 2 routers, one
> on each of the gaming machines and all three going thru
> the hub. The third machine I use as a server and wont
> conflict anyway.

My advice would be to * make* the first option work :-)
It *does* work, and can be *made* to work.

< this long pause intentional. >

There may be other ways, though.

What *might* work ( and I've not tried this )...
would be to multi-home the machines.
Is that what you suggested?

Put 2 LAN cards in each, one connected to the router, getting a public IP,
for internet access;
and one to the hub set with a static 192.168.0.x IP for LAN access.

I've never tried this.
You'd probably need to mess with the bindings to ensure F+P sharing uses
only the local LAN.
You might also want to use LMHOSTS and HOSTS to force name resolution of
local machines to use the local IP addresses.

It may also be possible to do the same with only one LAN card in each.
We're in seriously uncharted water here.
Be aware this is something I'm posting with severe reservations.
Only consider this if you feel competent enough to fix things if they get
broken.
If you're not happy with registry editing, then this is not for you.
Please don't try this if you don't understand what I'm talking about.

It's possible ( but un-supported ) to assign both a static and DHCP IP
address to a singleLAN adapter.
Google on how to do this, it requires a regedit.

Let the machines get one IP address by DHCP for Internet access.
Statically assign a 192.168.0.x address for LAN.
Force name resolution for local machines to the 192.168.0.x subnet using
hosts and lmhosts. 

-- 
Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

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