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Re: Network Techy Question

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Jeff Gaines wrote:

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> I want to split the network so one group of kit has Internet access and 
> a different group doesn't but all kit can communicate with each other. I 
> can't itemise my spares box because over the years it has become a 
> spares room but I do have a network card with 4 sockets and may even 
> have some old modem/routers :-)

Get a router (Draytek would be a good choice) that supports VLANs, and 
if necessary a network switch that also supports VLANs so you can 
connect a larger number of clients.

Configure the router to control how the VLANs communicate with each 
other and the WAN connection.

OR

Get a second router to support the kit which must not have internet 
access.  Connect the WAN port of this router to your internet router. 
Configure the "private" router's firewall to allow traffic inwards from 
the "Public" router.  If you need to use WiFi configure the routers to 
use different channels and restrict each router's connections to 
specific clients.


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Graham J

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Network Techy Question "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-21 10:15 +0000
  Re: Network Techy Question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-21 11:52 +0100
    Re: Network Techy Question "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-21 11:20 +0000
      Re: Network Techy Question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-21 13:05 +0100
    Re: Network Techy Question Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-05-21 12:41 +0100
      Re: Network Techy Question "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-21 11:49 +0000
        Re: Network Techy Question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-21 13:11 +0100
          Re: Network Techy Question "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-21 12:58 +0000
            Re: Network Techy Question Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-05-21 14:29 +0100
              Re: Network Techy Question "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-05-21 13:45 +0000
                Re: Network Techy Question Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-05-21 15:29 +0100
                Re: Network Techy Question Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-05-21 22:29 +0100
            Re: Network Techy Question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-21 15:26 +0100
  Re: Network Techy Question Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-05-21 21:33 +0200
  Re: Network Techy Question Raj Kundra <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk> - 2026-05-24 21:00 +0100
  Re: Network Techy Question Raj Kundra <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk> - 2026-05-24 21:17 +0100

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