Hey guys. I've been hired by Holiday Inn and the local cable company to do a pretty big job. Basically, we are putting in a total of 6 cable modems (3MB lines). Here's the plan:
There are 4 buildings with varying numbers of units (32 to 48). Each room has a network line run to a central wiring closet. I will be installing 4 cable modems in the wiring closet. Each CM will go to it's own Linksys router, which then goes into a 24 or 48 port switches, to feed that particular building. Easy.
HOWEVER, I have two other cable modems that are going to feed their sales and administration office. Here's my problem: Both of these offices have a single CAT5 line running from a 48 port switch in a wiring closet to a little 8 port switch in each office, which then feeds all the computers in the office for their network applications. Their computers must retain access to the internal network. I need to somehow get these two offices online through the router that I am adding.
They do not want internet added to the entire network, JUST the two offices which will each have their cable modem. It's not feasible to run a 2nd CAT5 line to each computer. How can I piggy back the cable modem onto an existing DHCPed network from the wiring closet where the 48 port switch is?
I haven't run into this particular scenario before and I'm a bit lost.
There are 4 buildings with varying numbers of units (32 to 48). Each room has a network line run to a central wiring closet. I will be installing 4 cable modems in the wiring closet. Each CM will go to it's own Linksys router, which then goes into a 24 or 48 port switches, to feed that particular building. Easy.
HOWEVER, I have two other cable modems that are going to feed their sales and administration office. Here's my problem: Both of these offices have a single CAT5 line running from a 48 port switch in a wiring closet to a little 8 port switch in each office, which then feeds all the computers in the office for their network applications. Their computers must retain access to the internal network. I need to somehow get these two offices online through the router that I am adding.
They do not want internet added to the entire network, JUST the two offices which will each have their cable modem. It's not feasible to run a 2nd CAT5 line to each computer. How can I piggy back the cable modem onto an existing DHCPed network from the wiring closet where the 48 port switch is?
I haven't run into this particular scenario before and I'm a bit lost.