Linking a new network to the LAN

[Boaz Bezborodko]

On 12/28/2011 7:25 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:29 PM
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>> Subject: OT: Linking a new network to the LAN
>>
>> I figured someone here would now how to resolve this problem.
>>
>> I have a machine using an Allen-Bradley PLC that is addressed to 10.1.1.x
>> while my LAN is 192.168.1.x.  I need to let the machine's designer have
> access
>> to the PLC via the internet in order to make a small change to the
> program.  I
>> have set up a VPN server connection on my computer for him to access the
>> network, but he still can't access the PLC.  His A-B support told him that
> I
>> would need to add a router to the machine and set it up to look at my
>> network as a WAN while using port forwarding to access the PLC.
>>
>> It seems to me that there should some other way to get access to the PLC
>> using either my router or my Linux server to do this.
>>
>> The router suggestion seems relatively easy, but inelegant and I have to
> get a
>> router to do it.
>>
>> Any other suggestions on how to link the networks?
>>
>> Boaz
> One solution if you are running windows would be to install the free version
> of GoToMyPc or Logmein.  This would give access to your machine without the
> hassle of bridging you network.
>
> You can change the login password, etc or delete the program after the
> program is updated.  The only problem with the completely free versions of
> these programs is they do not allow for file transfetrs.
>
> The 30 day full demo version does allow for file transfers.
>
>
>
> Richard Kreiss
> 'GCC  Consulting
I already have Logmein, but it won't work since I don't have the PLC 
software loaded on my machine.