[Solved] How to setup 2 network2 on a single router.

Hi guys, I am running a company network with 1 router (10 computers). They want to add another department with 5 computers but different network and make sure the 2 networks can't see each others data. I am using XP workspace on the first 10 computers. Can I add another one or there are better ways to do this. Thanks for the help.

There is two ways you can approach this and it depends on how complicated you want to go. If your router supports it you can run two different vlans on it. What that would do is treat the networks like they are on different switches and wala! You can always run then on different subnets as well, but that might get tricky depending on your DHCP setup or not if you use static.

You can always just buy another router to run them through and do it that way if you want to keep dhcp alive. What is your current setup, if I may ask (i. Router => computers or router => switch => computers), and any details on makes/models?

Fyi. The router was made by linksys and the switch is 24 ports d-link.

Thanks jlandi. I have 2 workgroups now but it seems like there are no places for me to setup the security between 2 workgroups. I couldn't find the place to put the password. Any thoughts? thanks a lot.

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