Okay, I'm looking for a solution here because dealing with my company's IT HQ is slower than molasses. We're at wit's end waiting for somebody to give us a straight answer so I figure I'd ask the pros here.
To preface my question, I have a Mac Pro that is not being used to it's fullest to say the least. It's basically just running WindowsXP via VMWare Fusion and doing a fine job at it. However the main plan was to use this machine as my "daily driver" for the graphic arts work and to also have a Windows platform to access the corporate network. Therein lies the rub. The corporate guys are adamant (and rightfully so) that the corporate network cannot be left open to the internet due to perceived security risks. But given the dual ethernet ports on the Mac Pro I'm stuck wondering if I could plug one port into the corporate network and point Fusion to use only that port and then plug the second ethernet port into the internet. In my department we pretty much need a broadband connection to the internet due to the nature of our work and going through the corporate connection is near impossible.
So do the ethernet ports see one another and share information between them? Or are they totally separate in function? If there is indeed a way I can plug into both networks without the ports sharing info I'm pretty much all the way home on the solution. Thanks.
shawn
To preface my question, I have a Mac Pro that is not being used to it's fullest to say the least. It's basically just running WindowsXP via VMWare Fusion and doing a fine job at it. However the main plan was to use this machine as my "daily driver" for the graphic arts work and to also have a Windows platform to access the corporate network. Therein lies the rub. The corporate guys are adamant (and rightfully so) that the corporate network cannot be left open to the internet due to perceived security risks. But given the dual ethernet ports on the Mac Pro I'm stuck wondering if I could plug one port into the corporate network and point Fusion to use only that port and then plug the second ethernet port into the internet. In my department we pretty much need a broadband connection to the internet due to the nature of our work and going through the corporate connection is near impossible.
So do the ethernet ports see one another and share information between them? Or are they totally separate in function? If there is indeed a way I can plug into both networks without the ports sharing info I'm pretty much all the way home on the solution. Thanks.
shawn
