How to connect different ip network together

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Ajayk9

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Dear All,

My network infra is as mentioned below:-

Cable Connection / Network A : 10.x.x.x.x subnet 255.0.0.0 / Netgear router with DHCP enabled
ADSL Connection / Network B : 172,16.x.x subnet 255.255.0.0 / Netgear router with DHCP enabled

Now i have distributed the clients on both the networks, we have one common workstation having two NIC and both the networks are connected on that workstation.

I have few queries:-

How to make every client should be able to connect other workstation irrespective of network A or B ?

How to combine upload and download of both internet connection types ?

How to make load balance of bandwidth on Server 2008 R2 ?

How to restrict bandwidth consumption on specific ip addresses ?




 
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bill001g

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How much money are you willing to spend.

You are going to need a actual router to do this. The things you have are actually better called gateways since they only allow a single lan network and translate it to a one wan ip address.

Still even with a true router load balancing is a very tricky thing. A huge company bigip whole business is selling extremely expensive load balancers. To a point some routers have the ability to use multiple connections but it is not really load balancing.

If you are willing to spend lots of time learning networking you likely can make this work with a router with a dd-wrt firmware load. I suspect from the way you asked these questions you will have lots to learn. The load balancing is limited on even these.

You might get by with a small commercial router or firewall but these do not really load balance.

If your questions was how do I combine these networks but leave each use their own internet connection it would be a much easier configuration but you still would need another device to act as a router because your netgears likely do not have the ability to have mutliple lan networks. The sharing and load balancing make the issue extremely complex and expensive if your really want something that will do it.
 
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Hello. Lets start .

How to restrict bandwidth consumption on specific ip addresses ?
You need something like Untangle (free)or Endian (free)or if you have expensive equipment some of them support it . Install it as transparent.

How to make load balance of bandwidth on Server 2008 R2 ?
If you have more than one nic (network card then connect it to the same network) the reset is simply configuration on the server . If this is what you ask.

How to combine upload and download of both internet connection types ?
Combine is the expensive part and its called by each company with other name. You have to make some reading and case study about it.

How to make every client should be able to connect other workstation irrespective of network A or B ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXzLVYsMhkI this is one solution. <---- one nic
Think about vlans.

This is all general talking and there is solutions for most of the cases. The configuration is another thing on another level.

 
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Alabalcho

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If you want to play cheap:
- configure DHCP on both routers to designate your "bridge" PC as "default gateway". Most probably, you won't be able to do that with stock firmware
- use your Gatway PC as a router, and configure it appropriately. Most probably, you will want to install Linux there.

The real solution is dual-WAN router designed for that (Cisco RV042/082 comes into mind). You will need pure modems for your Internet connectsions, and you can retain NetGear's as wireless access points (turning off their router functions).
 
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Ajayk9

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Dear @bill001g

Budget is not fixed yet, i can revised as per the requirements being met....cheaper the best.

i am ready to explore my networking skills and experiment with them.
One of my net-gear router is compatible with dd-wrt firmware, download the rom file but haven't flash...thinking it might get my router brick.

how can i make my workstation to work like router, its server 2008 R2.

Dear @Snakebitex

I am looking for that configuration to be done which will make the workstation perform like router.

Dear @Alabalcho

Do i need to flash different firmware on both the router ?
If a Linux way...let me know the procedure ?
 
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Alabalcho

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I don't think you have to re-flash the routers to disable routing functions. To use them as WAPs - disable WAN interface, assign static IP to the router itself, and attach upstream cable to one of LAN ports.

As for which Linux - search "linux router distro". Get a spare PC, and experiment. Some of the options (e.g. Astaro) even include central antivirus solutions.
 
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