Dual LAN Printing
- by Christopher
I want to use Ubuntu 10.10 Server in a classroom, a computer lab whose bandwidth
is provided by a local cable ISP. That's no problem, though the school network
has an IP printer that I want to use. I cannot reach the printer through the cable
Internet. But, I have two network cards.
How is it possible to use both networks at once?
eth0 (static 192.168.1.254) is plugged into a four-port router, 192.168.1.1.
On the public side of the four-port router is Internet provided by the cable company.
I also have the classroom workstations plugged into a switch. The switch is plugged
into the four-port router. The whole classroom is wired into the cable Internet.
The other NIC, eth1, could it be plugged into an Ethernet jack in the wall?
It uses the school network, and I might receive by DHCP an IP address like
10.140.10.100, with the printer on maybe 10.120.50.10.
I was thinking about installing the printer on the server so that it could be shared
with the workstations. But how does this work? Can I just plug eth1 into the school
network and access both LANs?
Thanks for any insight,
Chris
