Sitting a Server on a different subnet to the router

[feenster99]

Hi all,
Quick one. I have a Netgear DG834G that has an IP address of 192.168.8.1. All other PC's on the network use 192.168.8.x addresses. Is it possible for me to stick a server on the network with a 192.168.16.x address for example to seperate it out from the other PC's? The idea being, if one PC is hacked, the server cannot be seen. Consequently, the server cannot see other networked machines.

Cheers,
Matt

PS. Sorry if this is a dumb question!

 

[feenster99]

Perhaps i should explain a bit more. I have a Windows SBS 2003 server with a bunch of PC's running XP etc. I then have a Linux server that I want to keep completely seperate - there is to be no interaction between them whatsoever, and I need to keep the Linux machine as safe as possible, hence my thinking of putting it on a different subnet.

I don't know all that much about networks though, so I may be grasping at straws.

Matt

 

[feenster99]

However, the only way to keep them completely separate is to get another phone line installed and buy another router + adsl line. You can guarantee separation within your control then. However, you have to weigh up the cost vs the risk of doing this and decide if it's worthwhile.

Growse - thanks for that. Judging by the above, I was being a bit niave The Netgear is a relatively basic model so probably won't be able to route 2 different LAN's. I don't think another ADSL line is worth it to be honest - i'll just try and secure the network as best I can.

Thanks again,
Matt

 

[feenster99]

Blast from the past! Thanks for the reply though.

A nice Draytek it is then.

Matt