8 Nov
2009
8 Nov
'09
8:12 p.m.
the other card is set up for static addressing, runs off an independent hub, and its using the range 172.16.0.1, with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
Could there be a historical reason - could the computer that has two network cards originally only have the 172 one and a modem dial up address, that over time was upgraded (without any thought to the overall network structure), maybe first to a usb-adsl modem, then to a router. Someone not understanding might have gone "oh the router dosnt support the 172 address range" and :. without looking at the other networkand whether the printers could be moved, just added a new network card.
James