Alex Hewitt wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_t...@comcast.net >> <mailto:hewitt_t...@comcast.net>> wrote: >> >> This might not have an easy answer but I want to setup a wireless >> router >> inside an existing LAN. I want to be able to let users connect to the >> wireless router but not be able to access systems on the LAN that the >> wireless router will be installed on. So the scenario is: >> >> Internet Connection >> . >> . >> Existing router (192.168.1.1 >> <http://192.168.1.1>) >> . >> . >> Wireless router (192.168.2.1 >> <http://192.168.2.1> or any private network) >> >> A user connecting to the wireless router would get an address such as >> 192.168.2.100 <http://192.168.2.100> and they could ping or >> otherwise see machines on the >> 192.168.1. <http://192.168.1.>* network. I've got dd-wrt v2.4 >> micro edition running on a >> WRT54G V5 wireless router. The main router is a LinkSys RV042 >> model. Is >> there a simple way to stop users connected on the wireless router from >> accessing systems on the main LAN? One way to achieve this would be to >> add a switch between the ISP's equipment and the RV042 but I'd like to >> make sure that any wireless connections couldn't chew up too much >> bandwidth. >> >> -Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org <mailto:gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> >> > Thanks. I might need to use my WRT54GL rather than the WRT54G for this > because the micro version of dd-wrt is very spartan whereas the GL > version looks like a more complete Linux system. > > -Alex > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > I was going to ask a bunch of dumb newbie questions about iptables but I checked my safari library and found that the "Linux Networking Cookbook" answers most of the obvious questions...
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