If you are running your own firewall you could also NAT to the corporate network if you can not get a specific subnet. On Sep 10, 2014 4:28 PM, "Chuck Anderson" <c...@wpi.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 04:04:12PM -0400, Stephen Adler wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I'm setting up a small network at work behind my own firewall. Typically > > I would use a 192.168.1.0/24 network but I'm afraid the IT people at > > work have used that for something in my work LAN environment. Is there a > > way of probing the work LAN network to ensure that what ever IP address > > I select for my network doesn't get tangled up with one on the corporate > > LAN? Or is it best to just choose one and hope for the best? > > From the main corporate network not behind your own firewall, > traceroute to something in 192.168.1.x and see if it routes > anywhere.... If it looks like it just goes out to the internet and > then stops, then they are probably not using it for anything you care > about. If the traceroute completes, then there is a valid destination > on the network using it. > > But you should really check with corporate IT to see if what you > propose is allowed... > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss