RE: Wireless Access with ISA
- From: "Euan Cooper" <euan.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:29:11 +1300
Why don't you simply buy a cheap wireless access point and connect that to a
standard NIC in your ISA box? That way you can set up a "real" wireless VLAN
with suitable access rules to allow just the required traffic onto your network
from the wireless VLAN.
If all you are actually wanting to do is provided a wireless link for your
Laptop in the Computer room when you need it, do you even go through the ISA
box ?
Before we moved buildings late last year I had a cheap pocket AP set up with a
fixed IP address set-up in the computer room. All I had to do was power it up
and turn on the wireless card in my laptop when I wanted to use it and power it
off again when I was finished. While the AP only does WEP (128 bit at least)
because it was only powered up while I was using it and the AP doesn't have a
great range anyway I didn't see it as a big issue. In the new building the
computer room is right next door to my office rather than in another building
so I have not yet had a need to use my laptop in the computer room so the AP
has not yet been set-up.
However if you really want to learn how to make wireless work through your ISA
box, then go and get an AP - or convince your PHB[1] that you "need" one for
some reason or other ...
-Ec
1 Pointy Haired Boss
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Strangways [mailto:strangconst@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2006 10:48 a.m.
To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
Subject: [isalist] RE: Wireless Access with ISA
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The original question is can I use the routing in windows 2003 and ISA 2004 to
allow a desktop wireless card form an access point so that my laptop can get
service in the server room without me worrying about plugging in.
Ok, maybe a bit long winded.
I can get it somewhat working thru using it as an Ad-Hoc network, and it even
was able to assign an IP from DHCP on the windows 2003 machine. But the
connection is not right, no internet, no DNS I expect.
I have not spent much time with it, and I don't want to waste any unnecessarily
attempts that aren't going to work.
I'm not a network Guru, not a guru at all.
Looking for advice on if it can be done and how the best way to get it done.
And maybe the best way is with a wireless router, just seems to me this should
work as well
Thanks,
Mark
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