Just need another router and create static routes to the printer.
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WAN -
5PORT SWITCH - DSL Modem (Transparent Bridge Mode)
WRT54G - 192.168.31.1 (each has static IP from ISP)
WRT54G - 192.168.32.1 (each has static IP from ISP)
WRT54G - 192.168.33.1 (each has static IP from ISP)
Each device will support seperate work groups. They would all like to share a Xerox high volume print / scan / fax device.
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Problem is that you need to be able to give the MFP a gateway that will allow a return path to 3 networks. Most MFPs only support one gateway.
You need more than a simple wireless router, unless you want to route all traffic via the WAN ports, which would mean giving the MFP its own external IP and routing via your ISP.
One solution would be to set up a PC with 3 wifi cards and Linux router distro. to bridge the networks via static routes, and connect the MFP to this.(actually, some versions of the WRT54G run Linux, and can be hacked to change their functions, but I cannot recommend this).
Otherwise, you need a proprietary solution.
Another thought, the WRT54Gs have 4 port ethernet switches, you could connect them via the ethernet ports to a pc with 4 ethernet cards, and link the MFP to the 4th card on a different subnet, then set up routing between the cards.
http://www.linux.com/base/
You could also use the network bridge feature of Windows XP, but I have no experience of this myself.
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It depends really on how much interaction you want to allow between the networks
What about this idea:
Setup a windows xp box to act as the print server. Assign multiple static IP's to the internal NIC in TCP/IP settings, including the gateways. Then configure static routes in the routing table of the XP machine for the other networks. At this point I'd have to turn off DHCP and set each workgroup up with static addressing but I think this might work... Thoughts?
you don't need the best of the class switch. All you need is the ability to create and route between half a dozen VLANs.
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by: DemocracydataPosted on 2007-09-14 at 11:49:35ID: 19894124
you need a router. any cheap one will do. Where is a firewall? and what is it? it might be a router too