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| From | "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.homebuilt |
| Subject | Re: Network Techy Question |
| Date | 2026-05-21 13:45 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <xn0pq1j8ibeceuf00v@news.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 21/05/2026 in message <10un1bl$p2to$1@dont-email.me> Graham J wrote: >Jeff Gaines wrote: > >[snip] > >> >>What about bringing one of my Gen8 microservers into use. They have 2 x >>NIC sockets, one could use 192.168.1.n - with the router on 192.168.1.1 >>and the other socket 192.168.2.n. the .2 then being used by other >>computers? >> >>I could either user fixed IP addresses or set up a DHCP server on the >>Gen8 for the .2 network? >> >>The kit in the WiFi cabinet would have to stay on .1 because it needs >>Internet access. > >So you will have to learn about networks. You may get a certain amount of >free help here, but you've no guarantee as to how trustworthy it will be. >Most respondents will offer different and mutually incompatible solutions. I have always found the advice in here to be excellent, I am still using my ASUS Z170-K recommended by Jaimie ten years ago, best mobo I ever bought. >You may have to start by specifying in detail what you have and what you >want to achieve. 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 :-) -- Jeff Gaines Dorset UK Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
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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
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