Enabling services for distinct ethernet interfaces

[chopin70]

Hi,

I want to separate access to the NAS inside my local network.

My idea was to setup 2 different networks, either with 2 routers or using VLAN

One network will have access to smb/ftp/ssh on specific shares and the other network will only have access to DLNA and smb on one share.

Is it possible to make use of the 2 LAN adapters on the NAS to enable services on only one of the 2 interfaces ? Also, is it specifically possible to force DLNA broadcast on only one of the two LAN interfaces instead of teh two interfaces ?

Otherwise, any advise on how to achieve the setup I want ?

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@chopin70 wrote:

Would have been a great feature to make use of the dual NIC to separate traffic and services. 

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It has been asked for, but so far Netgear hasn't done it.  It should be in the idea exchange somewhere.

There are a couple of related use cases -

• only allowing one NIC to access the NAS admin UI
• dedicating one NIC for iSCSI.

Having different network shares on each NIC would be pretty hard I think.

[StephenB]

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@chopin70 wrote:

Is it possible to make use of the 2 LAN adapters on the NAS to enable services on only one of the 2 interfaces ? Also, is it specifically possible to force DLNA broadcast on only one of the two LAN interfaces instead of teh two interfaces ?

It's not.

[chopin70]

LoL, thanks, short and clear at least

Would have been a great feature to make use of the dual NIC to separate traffic and services. However, it would probably be a complex setup, simpler to achieve by using 2 separate NAS devices I guess. The space and power use is doubled though.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@chopin70 wrote:

Would have been a great feature to make use of the dual NIC to separate traffic and services. 

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It has been asked for, but so far Netgear hasn't done it.  It should be in the idea exchange somewhere.

There are a couple of related use cases -

• only allowing one NIC to access the NAS admin UI
• dedicating one NIC for iSCSI.

Having different network shares on each NIC would be pretty hard I think.