Hi All
I would like to join our plant network to another workshop 'office' network (where i program).
I'm not very clued up on the network side of things and as such im asking for your help.
If i want to join 2 networks together i would need a router right?
This way on the plant side of the network i can keep my IP addresses 192.168.1.XXX and on the office side i can have a DHCP allocate an address to programming PC's of 192.168.0.XXX?
I use just unmanaged switches at the moment but my worry is someone in the office plugging into the wrong place with the same IP address as a PLC in the plant and shutting the plant down through PLC fault.
If this is right. Would a router such as the R2000 for Robustel be able to do this? This router can then also give me remote access through VPN too?
Are there any other routers you would recommend?
Many thanks
I would like to join our plant network to another workshop 'office' network (where i program).
I'm not very clued up on the network side of things and as such im asking for your help.
If i want to join 2 networks together i would need a router right?
This way on the plant side of the network i can keep my IP addresses 192.168.1.XXX and on the office side i can have a DHCP allocate an address to programming PC's of 192.168.0.XXX?
I use just unmanaged switches at the moment but my worry is someone in the office plugging into the wrong place with the same IP address as a PLC in the plant and shutting the plant down through PLC fault.
If this is right. Would a router such as the R2000 for Robustel be able to do this? This router can then also give me remote access through VPN too?
Are there any other routers you would recommend?
Many thanks