Two different domains, one physical network, one internet connection?

[mdcr]

I am trying to set up a second domain for a new company who also still has the first domain up and running in the same building. They want these two domains (one w/ 5 employees, the second w/ 3 employees) to be able to share the internet connection and access a small portion of each others' files. Therefore, both domains will be on the switch that routes connections to the dsl router. The first domain has network settings of 192.168.0.x, should I set up the second domain with network settings of 192.168.1.x? Does it matter? Can they still use the same gateway (with its address of 192.168.0.1? I haven't tried to set this up before and I don't want to have the new W2K server 'take over' the old NT server's domain, or anything like that...Any advice, resources, etc would be SO appreciated...Thanks

 

[trimelater]

Hook those 2 domain to a switch or hub and both will be able to share the internet connection. Leave both domain with the same gateway.

Now if you want to share files among the two domain, I would create a trust relation between the two domain.

I hope that help!

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[mdcr]

So should I have the first domain with addresses of 192.168.0.1-5 and the second domain with addresses of 192.168.1.1-5? Or can they both be 192.168.0.x? Does it matter either way? yes, we plan to create a trust between those two domains further on down. Thanks

 

[koquito]

It depends what network mask you will be using for them. If you leave them 192.168.0.x then you can use 255.255.255.0 as the network mask , this way everyone will be in the same subnet. For now its ok, but if your networks will grow in the future, eventually you should change that because broadcasts will affect your network performance. In case you want to use the other option dont use 192.168.0.1-5/192.168.1.1-5 , you must use 172.16.2.x (x can not be a zero or 255), and 172.16.4.x with subnet mask 255.255.254.0. BY using this way, both will be in different subnetworks, wich is good in meanings of performance and logical organization of your network, but doing it this way will need a router or a computer acting as a router to route packets within this two networks A+, MCP, CCNA
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[trimelater]

I would just keep all your domain on the same subnet to make everything easier. If you plan to increase growth, follow koquito suggestion.


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