bgreer5050
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When a new machine comes into our facility the PLCs and Variable Frequency drives typically come with their IP addresses in the 192.168.1.XX or 192.168.0.XX ranges. Our IT network is in the 10.0.192.0 - 10.0.207.255 range.
My first thought is to let the manufacturers keep using what they are used to *(192...)*using. Then we would isolate each machine network. One thought was to use a router at each machine and have the machine network hooked up to the LAN side and out IT network to the WAN. We could use port forwarding to access the PLCs from the IT network to capture manufacturing data or for purposes of modifying the ladder logic in the PLCs.
Is my approach acceptable? Is there a better method? I am extremely interested in what others are doing to accomplish the same thing.
My first thought is to let the manufacturers keep using what they are used to *(192...)*using. Then we would isolate each machine network. One thought was to use a router at each machine and have the machine network hooked up to the LAN side and out IT network to the WAN. We could use port forwarding to access the PLCs from the IT network to capture manufacturing data or for purposes of modifying the ladder logic in the PLCs.
Is my approach acceptable? Is there a better method? I am extremely interested in what others are doing to accomplish the same thing.