jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sat Jun 11 13:22:05 CDT 2011
Neat idea and long overdue. It is kind of difficult to discover exactly what it does, and apparently it doesn't do port forwarding correctly or something. AFAICT a pair of routers in series will do what I need. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com On 6/11/2011 9:51 AM, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > Dear John, > > I see that you do not have any response on this, yet. I am by far NOT an expert in networking. But, > when I recently reconstructed my own wireless broadband network, I added a guest network. It was > quite simple to do, and it gave me the option of allowing or not allowing the guest network to > access my local network. I chose to not allow guest access. My new routers are NetGear WNDR3400's > and their software guided me through the process. > > I hope this helps. I have received so much help from you over the years, it will delight me to be > able to give back a little. > > T > > On 6/8/2011 9:09 AM, jwcolby wrote: >> A church that I do pro bono for has an internet connection which currently is sent through a >> wireless router and shared in a simple workgroup lan. They want to add a new lan segment which is >> "public", i.e. can be used by classes they give, to get to the internet, but they do not want >> those people to see or have access to the existing LAN / computers. >> >> Am I correct that I can simply take two routers: >> >> RouterA attached to the cable modem. >> RouterA is the DHCP Server. >> RouterA is the "Public" network and its wireless interface serves that part of the church. >> >> RouterB connects its WAN to one of the LAN ports. >> RouterB DHCP Server is turned off >> RouterB is the private network and it's wireless interface serves that part of the church. >> >> The cable modem location is several hundred feet from the church where the public network will be >> located. I will use a Cantenna to beam the wireless down to the church. >> >> http://www.cantenna.com/ >> >> I am considering using a bridge to pick up the signal from the Cantenna and retransmit the signal >> on another wifi channel. >> >> My parts list >> >> 1 existing router (wrt54g IIRC) >> 2 new router (probably a wrt54g as well) >> 1 (or possibly 2) Cantenna >> >> I am going to spend some time working with the system to see if I need a bridge at the far end or >> whether the cantenna will allow systems at the far end to see the internet directly through the >> cantenna. I have no idea what the beam diameter will be a few hundred yards away, but I suspect >> that a wireless bridge and another wireless router at the far end will be required. >> >> If anyone has done this kind of system and has words of wisdom please speak up. I will be setting >> this up soon. >> >>