Two NICs

[agentbb007]

I was wondering if it's possible to have two NICs on one PC connected to different networks so the PC can access both. For example NIC 1 would have IP 192.168.0.10 to access the local network and NIC 2 would have a public IP like 173.194.33.35 to access the internet. Would this setup allow me to SSH into 173.194.33.35 over the internet and then access the local 192.168.0.xxx network?

Thanks,
BB

 

[PhilFrisbie]

Yes, and yes, if you enable Internet Sharing.

 

[lukeconft]

That would work. Which OS are you using? If all you need to do is access your PC through SSH, why not try port forwarding on your router?

 

[agentbb007]

Best answer selected by agentbb007.

 

[agentbb007]

Thanks for the reply Luke. We haven't built the box yet still in the planning stages but I believe it will be running some flavor of Linux. That is a great idea to just port forward instead of giving it a public IP. This box will most likely also be hosting an FTP server so I could port forward 21 for this as well.

 

[lukeconft]

No problem, just one thing, I think FTP requires both 20 and 21. One is control and the other is for the data... I couldn't tell you which is which though! But yes, that will work, just make sure you are using good passwords!