Setting up 1 PC for 2 different networks?

probedb · 28 Sep 2006 at 09:50

Hi all,

My motherboard has 2 network cards and I'm wanting to plugin in to 2 different networks using WinXP Pro. One network will be a typical home network, connected to the net via a router, but the other will just be plugged into another PC via a crossover cable.

How do these work? How do you connect to 2 different Windows workgroups etc.

I've looked at network setup guides but they're all for a normal home network.

Anyone have any experience of this?

Cheers

Paul.

probedb · 28 Sep 2006 at 10:56

shine said:
Can I ask why you are not connecting both PC's to the router?

I don't want one PC connected to the internet at all. Keeping it on a separate network seems the safest way to me.

probedb · 28 Sep 2006 at 11:43

I'll give it a go. Never messed with two network cards on the same PC before. I'll try and remember to post my experiences.

probedb · 19 Oct 2006 at 15:46

Just an update on this.

Setup one network with 192.168.0.*, the other on 10.0.0.*, working fine and have no idea the other is there