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NickCat11
02-08-2008, 06:05 PM
Hello,
I am creating a wireless network for a campground which is going to contain 4 tranzeo ap's along with 4 omni antennas. There will be a dedicated cable modem for each AP. Thats a little background, here's my question...The first cable modem is used for the business but was also going to be used for wireless around the general area for campers. Whats the best way to protect the 4 business computers since they will be on the same network as the public can use? All machines have Windows XP. Or, is this a bad idea in general and I should steer toward getting another dedicated modem for the business computers? Thanks
Nick
wifitrooper
02-08-2008, 10:25 PM
theres a pretty simple way...
cable modem - switch
switch to wireless ap
switch to a separate router
router to 4 business clients.
router will act as a firewall from all wireless clients.
like i said this is a cheap way of doin it. theres many other ways too
NickCat11
02-08-2008, 10:33 PM
Sounds easy enough. Quick question though. If they want to add more computers in the future, how would I get more ports? Add a switch to the router? Also, you said there are many other ways...just out of curiosity for my own knowledge what are some others...thanks a ton!
Nick
wifitrooper
02-08-2008, 10:37 PM
well other ways would be runing all off one router, and having firewalls on all computers. , you can run them on different subnets.. etc. yes, you can add a switch to a router, i wouldnt suggest it though those cheap five port routers can only handle a certain amount of packets per second, so even if you have s 10 port switch leaching bandwidth off one port the router will most likely lock up on you a lot because it cant handle so much pps being thrown at it.
Wifi trooper was very accurate in describing one approach that would work. I have a few questions before I would be willing to offer suggestions as I would like to learn your security needs first.
1. Just any old router in most cases does not provide enough security to isolate a private network from the guest network.
2. Why do you feel that you need to have individual Internet access for each wireless device? With individual Internet access are you planning on having some kind of control management over access? I hope so.
3. Have you looked at the various mesh network systems that would for the most part fufill all of your requirements? I would suggest looking at Meraki Networks.
NickCat11
02-15-2008, 02:47 PM
M/Q or whoever...
I just looked at the meraki mesh networks. I am a little bit confused. My original plan of action was to use 3 outdoor ap's with one being hardwired and the others repeating the signal. I originally was going to have a dedicated modem for each but then learned about repeating the signal. I would also have high gain omni antennas to each ap. Whats the difference between this and a mesh system? This is all new to me so I apologize if thats a stupid question. Thanks in advance.
Nick