Private workgroup/network/route?

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wayne.marsh

Hi, I have a network drive (Western Digital "Netcenter" drive with
Ethernet interface) with private data on it, connected to my home
network. As it stands, it provides password protected shared folders. I
am having having my machine log into it without having to enter the
passwords after each reboot (it doesn't seem to matter if I ask Windows
to remember them - I think it gets confused about me not entering a
username - just a password - so it doesn't store them).

So I guess my mother option is to set up a route or private sub-network
so that only my machine can reach the drive. Is this possible under
Windows networking?
 
Sure. Just give your computer an additional IP address on another subnet and
change the IP address of the Netcenter to be on that subnet. You'll have to
use static IP addresses.

Just go to your TCP/IP Properties page and click the "advanced" button. You
can add an additional IP address/mask there.

....kurt
 
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