Yeah. If you have a 'tik on the network either as your gateway, or maybe as
an appliance, you can use it as a bridge to any subnet you want.

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On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:58 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Since I'm a cheater:
>
> I used to get my DHCP address and set it statically.  Then I could add
> extra IP's in common subnets for device management.  My default gateway
> goes with the office IP, so I have LAN/Internet access, but since my
> computer also has 192.168.1.x and 169.254.1.x and 192.168.0.x I can reach
> the default IP's on things just by plugging them into the LAN.
>
> So I guess the stupid/simple thing is use a static IP in your office, then
> add secondary IP's on all of the likely management networks.
>
>
> On 8/26/2020 11:48 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>
> I am glad to see there is no stupid-simple solution that I was simply
> unaware of.
> I think I will re-create the scripts and icons.
> They were simple and worked well.  Just took a bit of study to create them
> in the first place.
>
> *From:* Craig Baird
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:41 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] a basic question
>
> Multiple NICs? Maybe get a USB ethernet dongle for the laptop. Also, if
> you can access your internal networks via WiFi, that would fix that issue.
> Of course, this all assumes that your various IP subnets don't conflict or
> overlap in any way.
>
> Craig
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:35 AM Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <
> j...@brazoswifi.com> wrote:
>
>> We use a program called NetSetMan.  It’s inexpensive for commercial use.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Bouse
>> Owner - Brazos WiFi
>> 979-999-7000
>> http://www.brazoswifi.com
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 26, 2020 10:25 AM
>> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] a basic question
>>
>>
>>
>> I feel silly asking this but I honestly don’t know if there is a better
>> way.
>>
>> Willing to risk the embarrassment of a simple answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Frequently plugging a laptop into a management port or something.
>> 192.168.1.1  So I need to set the laptop IP manually to 192.168.1.11 or
>> some such thing.
>>
>> Then I find I immediately need to connect to some DHCP device and right
>> back to the management port.  And then to perhaps check email I need to go
>> to a 10.x.x.x or a 172 subnet internally.
>>
>>
>>
>> Once upon a time I wrote some scripts and associated them with icons to
>> reconfig the ethernet IPV4 settings to various things I need to access from
>> time to time.
>>
>> Is there a better way where I will never have to change configs?
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