Re: Creating a small netowrk within a large network

Philip's approach is sound, but I tend to prefer using a router rather than
ICS, a switch, and multiple NICs. To do this,
- Connect the Uplink port on the router to the office network.
- Configure the WAN side of the router to use the IP address you were given
and for the default gateway and DNS of their Internet connection.
- For the LAN side configuration you can generally use the defaults - allow
DHCP etc.
- Connect your 3 machines to the LAN ports of the router.

I've use this type of setup quite a few times for small business clients
where it is necessary to segregate networks but provide shared Internet
connectivity (e.g. when there are multiple tenants in a small office
building on shared wiring).
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"susantha silva" <susanthasilva@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ezmfjBXgFHA.1204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All,
>
> One of my client wants to create a small network to connect 4 computers
> (server will be a xp pro machine) within a large office network. She has
> been given one ip address from the office which will connect to the office
> network and internet. She wants to give this ip to one of her windows xp
> machine and let other 3 machines connect to it and access internet and
> also the shares in that machine. The problem is I'm not sure how to config
> this one. The office it people already give her internal ip and a external
> ip along with subnet mask and the dns server ips. But I'm clueless how to
> config this one. Anybody have an option or solution for this?
>


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