LAN Dedicated Server Over Multiple Networks

[Clark05]

Hey Guys, I've got a quick question about setting up a dedicated web server for my work. We currently have two independent networks all offline. My question to you is, is it possible to connect to both networks and host a dedicated website with DNS and everything so people on both networks can access the local website? I'm looking for a plug in play solution that will allow me to simply plug into the network and have my local website visible. Sorry if this is a noob question and as always appreciate your guys help~!

*IF this is possible** would a service like WampServer, XAMPP, or Synology work for this?

[Snipergod87]

You can connect both network's I am not sure at all how you have this layed out, how far apart they are but you will need a device capable of layer 3 routing and set static routes for each VLAN if this is internal networks.  (this is all assuming both networks are completely isolated at the moment)

 

No plug and play solution.

 

I guess the other option would be to have the webserver, and connect multiple NIC's and connect each NIC to each seperate LAN and set a static IP for each lan on those interfaces individually.

[Lurick]

10 minutes ago, Snipergod87 said:

You can connect both network's I am not sure at all how you have this layed out, how far apart they are but you will need a device capable of layer 3 routing and set static routes for each VLAN if this is internal networks.  (this is all assuming both networks are completely isolated at the moment)

 

No plug and play solution.

 

I guess the other option would be to have the webserver, and connect multiple NIC's and connect each NIC to each seperate LAN and set a static IP for each lan on those interfaces individually.

Yah, I'm thinking maybe you could make something work with QNAP or Synology NAS and a virtual switch on there with a router VM but definitely not what I would consider "plug and play" in that case.

[Mikensan]

Need a router/gateway, ideally one with a firewall (i.e. pfsense). On each networks DNS server you would need to forward requests to the other network dns server.

 

[KirbyTech]

Can you give us a network diagram to work off? 

 

If not then first thought is do you have a local domain set up? If you do then you could do two nics with one going into each network and then run the web server based of local DNS records and pointing to the static IPs of the NICs. Not the best solution but could work. As for plug and play, haha you are really out to lunch on that one.

[Clark05]

Thanks for all the input. There are two networks setup all in one server room. We have 1 local file server that is connected to a 25 port switch which links to about 20 computers. The other network is in the same rack and runs our wifi / voip phones / camera system and media server. This network is connected to a 50 port switch which goes to about 12 access points and about 35 phones. Keep in mind, this is a closed network and does not have internet access. My idea was to install a Synology server with 2 NIC's so I can link the two networks together by plugging into each switch and setting up my own DNS on the Synology box like some of you have already suggested. Would this be the easiest solution? The idea is to be able to have the server accessed over WIFI network and the storage server which goes to all the computers.