Network sharing question

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4 computer in one office. Want to set it up so that 3 can access the shares
on the 4th but the 4th can't see the shares on the other three. (The 4th is
remotely accessed and all are in a lawyers office - thus the privacy
concern). All use XP home.

One approach that I read about was to add an additional router. The 4th
computer would hook up to it (call it router 1) and the other 3 would hook
up to a router (call it router 2) that is attached to the WAN port of Router
1. Configure the segments as two independent Networks.

Will this work? Or a software solution is fine


Any suggestions?
 
4 computer in one office. Want to set it up so that 3 can access the shares
on the 4th but the 4th can't see the shares on the other three. (The 4th is
remotely accessed and all are in a lawyers office - thus the privacy
concern). All use XP home.

One approach that I read about was to add an additional router. The 4th
computer would hook up to it (call it router 1) and the other 3 would hook
up to a router (call it router 2) that is attached to the WAN port of Router
1. Configure the segments as two independent Networks.

Will this work? Or a software solution is fine


Any suggestions?
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If you have a legal need for protected data, you really shouldn't waste time
with XP Home. With XP Home and Simple File Sharing, everything that is
accessible to any computer (network user) will be accessible to all computers
(network users).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html

If I was going to use the dual router "solution" (workaround really), I'd double
NAT the 3 protected computers, NOT Computer 4. Connect the WAN port of Router 2
(that provides connection for the 3 computers) to a LAN port of Router 1 (that
connects the 4th computer). Use the NAT function on Router 2 to protect the 3
computers from Computer 4. Computer 4 becomes a computer on the WAN / Internet,
from Computers 1 - 3.

Either way, if you use one or more routers to protect one computer from another,
you won't find it easy using My Network Places to connect the computers.
 
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