Will this private network affect the corporate network?

[Guest]

I have the following configuration:

Computer A with two network cards.

An Ethernet cable coming from the wall to one of the network cards.

Computer B with an Ethernet cable running from the other network card of
Computer A.

Computer A is setup to share its Internet connection.

The setup runs fine and both can get on the Internet, but the network card
on Computer A that runs to Computer B has a static network address of
192.168.0.1. Will this possibly harm the corporate network if there's a
computer already assigned 192.168.0.1 (somewhere out there)? Or, is my little
network not advertised on the corporate network?

Thanks!

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
It does not matter what, it is a bad idea to create such a private system
without the knowledge/permission of the IT department. In most businesses it
is a ground for dismissal.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Guest]

Jack,

First, I'm part of the IT department.

Second, why do you think that? That sounds a little outageous to me. I
don't have a router handy, but I need at least two computers networked at
once.

Regardless, do you think it will advertise its name? What I really need to
know is how Internet Connection Sharing works. If it's simply transferring
info from one network card to the other (and nothing else, thus making my
private network just that -- private), then there should be no problem.

Jason

 

[James Egan]

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:02:01 -0700, Jason Freeman <Jason

I have the following configuration:

Computer A with two network cards.

An Ethernet cable coming from the wall to one of the network cards.

Computer B with an Ethernet cable running from the other network card of
Computer A.

Computer A is setup to share its Internet connection.

The setup runs fine and both can get on the Internet, but the network card
on Computer A that runs to Computer B has a static network address of
192.168.0.1. Will this possibly harm the corporate network if there's a
computer already assigned 192.168.0.1 (somewhere out there)? Or, is my little
network not advertised on the corporate network?

Yes, it could be a problem.

However, from your description it seems that there is already some
Internet sharing configured beyond the "wall" that you mention.

If this is the case, perhaps you could consider bridging the two
network interfaces on computerA and thus let both the computers get
their ip address assigned from beyond the "wall"
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457038.aspx



Jim.