Restricting access between lan segments

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Could someone please shed some light on the best way to
restrict access between two lan segments? I have two
networks set up in a lab environment which communicate
via a linksys internet router operating in "Lan router
mode". Both segments can see each other and communicate
fine. Basically I'm looking to only allow access to
specific resources to network A from Network B, and vise
versa.

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

J.M.
 
Could someone please shed some light on the best way to
restrict access between two lan segments? I have two
networks set up in a lab environment which communicate
via a linksys internet router operating in "Lan router
mode". Both segments can see each other and communicate
fine. Basically I'm looking to only allow access to
specific resources to network A from Network B, and vise
versa.

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

J.M.
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You can logically group network resources by using VLANs, however you do
need a VLAN-aware router (and/or VLAN-aware switches) and a method for
assigning users or computers to VLANs.

When you logically group resources, their physical location is irrelevant -
- thus you can have resources in two totally different physical locations
(different floors of a building, different buildings, even different
buildings in different states) that sit on the same IP subnet and share
resources.

One way of assigning users or computers to VLANs is to use Internet
Authentication Service remote access policies, which can return a VLAN ID
based on user or computer group membership.

If you do a Web search on VLANs you will find a lot of information.

Hope that helps...

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Thanks for replying to my message. However, I am aware of
VLAN's and somewhat familiar with how they work. The only
problem is that I have a lab environment here with no
elaborate equipment, such as a switch with vlan
capabilities. Is there any other option?

J.M.
 
Yes, that does help. Thank you very much for your help.
Although this was the avenue I was looking to explorer,
your info open the door with other options. Thanks again.

Josh
 
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