[windows2000] Re: On wireless networking
- From: "Timothy Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 17:27:30 -0400
I usually recommend people to add the wireless router to their existing
setup. This way you end up with a separate private subnet. Even if you
enable all the wireless security, I still consider it less secure than your
wired lan (almost like a DMZ). So add it into a central point in the house
(it must be one heck of a house to need two?) so that you only need one.
You probably will need to add a static route into both your existing and
wireless router.
Tim Mangan
-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray at home
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:49 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] On wireless networking
Hi group,
I want to add wireless networking capability onto my current home network.
My home network currently consists of a cable modem, a router, and three
D-Link switches. In order to add wireless to it all, I think that what I
need is a wireless access POINT. True? It seems that I would NOT want to
use a wireless router and add that to my network because, I'd either use the
WAN port to add it and then I'd have to mess around with the firewall
settings on that router to get everything to open up on my LAN, since the
WAN would actually be LAN, or I'd just bypass the WAN port and uplink to one
of the ports on the built-in switch. But, if I did that, it'd be a waste to
have the router part of it.
The other thing I was thinking of doing was just using a wireless router to
~replace~ my current router. But, my router is in the basement in a far
corner in my house. As it stands now, I think that I'll need at least two
wireless points in my house to cover all the areas, so I'd still wind up
having to get some sort of add-on wireless access point.
So, is this what I want to look for? Some kind of wireless access point?
Ideally, it'd be some device that I can stick in a closet and run a cat 5
cable to and be done with it. I think something like this is what I'd want,
correct? http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=292
Thanks,
Ray at home
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