legendman

I am working on a network that I didn't set up. It consists of two routers, one with the address 192.168.0.1 and the other 192.168.1.1. They share a server, which serves as the dns server for both workgroups(192.168.0.254). Both can connect to this server and the internet with no problem. All Computers on both networks have windows 2000 professional and the server is 2000 server. Basically, a computer on the 192.168.1.1 workgroup has a program that a computer on the 192.168.0.1 workgroup needs. To be extremely specific, I'm tryin to figure out how to map a drive from the computer 192.168.0.200 to the computer 192.168.1.100. I am stumped on this one, please help
Thanks

Nate

The_Other_One

Well right off, I beleive you're problem is that they are one different network ranges. (geeze, it's been too long since I've taken Cisco!)

I think there are ways to make it all go together, but I can't remember right off. What kind of routers you're using makes all the difference, I'm sure. If they are all connected to the same network, I would think you could change one of them to be on the same range, at least as a temp fix...

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legendman

Here's the fun part.......this is at a real estate agent's office, so there are like 20 networks within eachother. The server room has cables and routers all over the place with no labels on anything whatsoever. All I can go on are the IP addresses that I have. I thought about changing them all to the same range, but I don't know if that would throw off the server, since it handles the dns as opposed to the routers. They are both Linksys routers by the way.

The_Other_One

I think you mean DHCP, not DNS...

Nothing should get thrown off, either leaving it on your static IP or telling the computers to renew the address, it should work fine...

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legendman

DNS is what's running on the server, but dhcp is being handled by the routers. dhcp is enabled on the 192.168.1.x network, but the 192.168.0.x is static

The_Other_One

Not quite sure if I understand this... Why a server would control DNS unless you just mean this is was distributes the net connection. DNS's are tipically controled at the ISP and all. Still, it shouldn't matter, I mean even if they controled something on your network, they are DYNAMIC, so they should change accordingly.

So yeah, I would just change the IPs to a static address to be within the same range and try to connect like that. Either that or try to get them all connected. I'm slowly remembering some of my cisco stuff so I might pop back on to update after a while...

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legendman

I tried changing one of the 192.168.0.x computers to the 192.168.1.x address range while keeping the default gateway, 192.168.0.1 and the dns server(192.168.0.254) but had no luck. Should I have done something different?

But yeah on what you said, I don't understand the "why" either, just tryin to work with what they gave me

The_Other_One

What you did should of worked if they are all connected together... Gateway and DNS shouldn't matter seeing as that's for internet connections.

I read up in one of my old A+ books(wish I had my cisco book...) and it says routers are MADE to connect different networks. I knew they where capable, I guess it all depends on what routers you have. Are these decent routers or some consumer based ones?

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