shoelesscraig
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Ok, I know I need to read up more on how IP addresses work, but for a quick question I know someone on here will know this...
When I add a PLC to our Ethernet network in the plant, I have to use an IP address that is not used and is assigned to me by our administrator. Our address are all 192.168.32.x.
I have a machine that has a bunch of VFD's, and a touchscreen that are all on a self contained Ethernet network. Currently, this machine is not sonnected to our plant system in any way.
If I wanted to add this machine to our network and put the controller on the plant network (using an assigned IP and all that) is there a way to make the other parts of the network (VFDs, touchscreen, etc) invisible to the main plant?? I'm not sure yet how the subnet masks and gateways work, but I was wondering if there was a way to use them to shield the rest of the machine from our main system...so I wouldn't have to have a whole bunch of IP addresses assigned for this 1 machine...
Sorry for the beginner question...I plan on doing some reading soon, but thought ya'll maybe able to help in the meantime.
When I add a PLC to our Ethernet network in the plant, I have to use an IP address that is not used and is assigned to me by our administrator. Our address are all 192.168.32.x.
I have a machine that has a bunch of VFD's, and a touchscreen that are all on a self contained Ethernet network. Currently, this machine is not sonnected to our plant system in any way.
If I wanted to add this machine to our network and put the controller on the plant network (using an assigned IP and all that) is there a way to make the other parts of the network (VFDs, touchscreen, etc) invisible to the main plant?? I'm not sure yet how the subnet masks and gateways work, but I was wondering if there was a way to use them to shield the rest of the machine from our main system...so I wouldn't have to have a whole bunch of IP addresses assigned for this 1 machine...
Sorry for the beginner question...I plan on doing some reading soon, but thought ya'll maybe able to help in the meantime.