Pinging IP Address on Different Subnet

Newbie question: Is it possible to connect/ping an IP address on a
different subnet on an internal LAN. E,g, Server address is 10.0.10.1. Can
I print to a printer on 192.168.0.5?

Thanks

Hi William,
No. You would need a router, or put them in the same address range,
Anthony, http://www.airdesk.com




"william" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Newbie question: Is it possible to connect/ping an IP address on a
> different subnet on an internal LAN. E,g, Server address is 10.0.10.1.
> Can I print to a printer on 192.168.0.5?
>
> Thanks
>

william wrote:
> Newbie question: Is it possible to connect/ping an IP address on a
> different subnet on an internal LAN. E,g, Server address is 10.0.10.1. Can
> I print to a printer on 192.168.0.5?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Experiment! If you can ping it, then you can (probably) print to it.
Whether you can ping it or not will depend on how the network is set up:
these subnets evidently already exist, so maybe someone has put a
suitable router in somewhere. If you run "ipconfig" in a command
prompt, one of the lines you get back will be the "default gateway" -
that's the address your computer will send things to if it doesn't know
how else to route an address (i.e. hoping that the DG does). Both of
the ranges you mention will (by convention) be hidden from a public
network; they are meant for "internal" networks (loosely) and machines
with addresses in those ranges would communicate with the world at large
via a "Network Address Translation" (NAT) device. Home broadband
modem/router boxes usually act this way.

Interesting snippet - if your PC had two network cards, then one could
be on each subnet, and the PC iteself would be the router.

Phil, London