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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: Lance on December 09, 2003, 09:35:19 PM

Title: Two Router Gateways
Post by: Lance on December 09, 2003, 09:35:19 PM
I feel silly asking this but here it goes. I’m going to set up a networked printer-copier tomorrow. One computer is in building 1 and has a router with access to the Internet, and the other computer is in building 2.

The computer in building 2 only has one RJ45 outlet in the wall connecting it to the other computer through the router. The printer-copier is going to be in building 2 and have a NIC card it needs another router to connect it to the network.

Now for the dumb question. The gateway for router 1 in building 1 is 192.168.1.1 The other router I’m installing tomorrow in building 2 is going to have a gateway of 192.168.1.2 The printer-copier is 192.168.1.6 All these addresses are static.

When I put these two gateways into computer 2, in what order should they be so that computer 2 can access computer1? And Vic versa for computer 1 to access computer 2 as well as having access to the printer copier?

Both of the computer are XP Pro.

I hope that this makes sense…

Lance.
Title: Two Router Gateways
Post by: Guest_Subzero on December 24, 2003, 01:38:47 AM
Are you saying? - there's one router connect between computer1 and computer2,
                          another router connect computer2 and printer-copier.
Don't look like it'll work that way...


Can you use just one router connect all 3 things together? Keep it simple.
If not, can you connect printer-copier to computer2 using normal connection (LPT or USB)? Then you can access it on computer1 by sharing it from computer2.