Hi,
let's just go to the problem.
Lan subnet(xp clients): 89.0.0.x/24 , Gw 89.0.0.254, Sme server (server only, for auth and dns) 89.0.0.6
The gateway does a nat to convert 89.0.0.x to 192.168.1.3 to internet
Now I want to change the address of the lan to 192.168.1.x to eliminate the GW, but mantaining 89.0.0.x.
All servers must mantain only 89.0.0.x address .
In xp I can set as primary address 192.168.1.x, secondary address 89.0.0.x, with gateways 89.0.0.254 and 192.168.1.254.
However dns and wins is always sme 89.0.0.6.
With this configuration I am unable to join a workstation to sme domain (problem with query dns srv) nor ping servers by their netbios names (ex server25-->89.0.0.25).
If however I put as primary ip address 89.0.0.x and secondary 192.168.1.x all works perfectly.
I'm thinking of some solutions
1) Add a secondary ip address to eth0 of sme server ex 192.168.1.6. Is it possible?
2) Put a new local network in security settings in sme, but with no router.
3) Add to every workstation hosts file correct entry for the servers via login script, though it will not solve the problem of domain join and logon.
Can you help?