I have 3 network ports 192.168.0.0, 10.5.5.0, 10.5.50.0. I have a printer installed on the 192 network. How can I combine all my networks so I will be able to print from all 3 networks to the same printer? or share info from all 3 networks. thank you in advance.
San
Am guessing hear. The three ports is on same router? If so, if routing is done correct and you setup a printer server on 192 network. The other network computers will be able to print making use of server. No sharing of files though, unless you set up an HTTP or FTP server on one of the computers. The best alternative to accomplish this is to bridge all 3 ports and give computers ip in same range. Do not do this if you plan to expand network. You will eventual have to go the routing way and is headache to go from bridged to routed.
Thank you Egate. Yes all 3 networks are on the same router. I will try the bridge and see how it works. Thank you.
You don’t need to bridge the network if you need to share files. If you are using windows firewall you might have to add the other subnets to the exceptions list, but there is no reason to bridge the network!
There should be no router setup needed, just make sure to set all clients’ gateway to point to the router’s IP in the range the client is in, eg. all 192.168.0.x clients must have gateway 192.168.0.1, etc. (And firewall settings)
Filesharing/printing will work, but you’ll propably need to browse by IP or setup the router as DNS.
If it is a network printer (not shared), then be sure to put in the gateway setting on the printer as well.
Ekkas