some things to consider. I admire your boss' generosity but let strangers onto your network like this? well - maybe you got nothing worth protecting anyway ;->
more thoughts in line below: ""Don Kanicki"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello all. > Our office has a T1 connection to the internet that my boss wants to share > with some of the other offices in our building (distances under 300'). 300 feet but how many cement floors / ceilings? how many walls? you really need to do a site survey to see if you really can get wireless connection between the other offices any your own. use a laptop and the Lynksys software. Works nice. I just put in a Lynksys here at home. My wife and kids get great reception in the living room and various bedrooms, and even on the back deck. ( the AP is in the living room ) but I get jack here in my home office / study, and I am not more than 100 feet away ( and a couple of walls ) as the crow flies, so to speak. there is anopther room in the house where I can get real slow link if I am sitting on the floor, but if I stand up I get 54 mbs ( I bought the wireless G, as you can tell.) >One > office will have only 1 pc and the other will have 4.I figured wireless > would be the easiest way to go since runing cable from our equipment to > these offices would be a nitemare. > I picked up an 802.11b (Linksys) access point and patched it through to my > switch,set the SSID,and derived a wep key.The office with 4 devices in an > attempt to save money bought an 802.11b (Linksys) access point as well.I > provided their admin with all pertinent information (SSID,WEP > key,IP\mask)and the access points do not seem to associate.Now I am by no > means well versed in wireless but I assumed that as long as the SSID,WEP > keys,and IP information was correct it would work.Im not sure what my > problem is here and Im at a loss. you can configure the Lynksys as either an AP or a bridge. An AP is for communication to end stations. Bridges talk to other bridges. You want to make you new friends part of your own network? Bridge, assign them IP's from your network, and go for it. But I gotta say, you ( and your boss ) need to do a little bit of thinking. There are many ways to share the internet connection without opening up your internal network to the risk present by allowing strangers to use your connections. Just a thought You Others ------ ---------- Linksys Bridge---------Linksys Bridge---------their network | Router-----------------------------------------------internet | internal network You would need one pair of bridges for each external network good luck > > > Any help apreciated > Don K. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70693&t=70674 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
