Advice needed

[TerryHough]

Is there a way to have a Windows system visible to the intra network but invisible to the internet?

I know, a little bit of a strange question. but, that is what it appears I need to do.

I need 5 systems to be able to map to a drive on a system that is visible only to the local area network. I imagine it is pretty simple to do, but I'm not finding any answers.

Only idea I have so far is setting up a NAS (network attached storage) unit, but I have no experience with that at all.

Thanks for your suggestions if you can help.

Terry

[Shield]

Not sure what your internal network setup is...if you want to prevent a device completely
from accessing the Internet you have to deny routing, i.e. you have to configure your router
properly (and firewalls if you use them).

I would assign your storage device to VLAN A and your other devices to VLAN B,
then ensure that traffic gets properly routed between these VLANs but prevent any routing from
VLAN A to the Internet.

[Lunasole]

Is there a way to have a Windows system visible to the intra network but invisible to the internet?

It all ups to firewall, there is not a problem to block any unnecessary connections with any IP not from your LAN.