Hi all here i am again in a fix about some things on wlan. Alright here's the situation. I have a 802.11b AP with a 4 port router. wondering what's the best way to set things up for my network. well here's the current setup
I have two desktop machines + 1 laptop connected to the internet-facing firewall/router machine(redhat) through a hub. all the machines are given static ips. Now along comes this AP that has to be fit into this network. Here are my questions 1. which is the best place to put the AP in. choice (a). Between the DSL modem and my Redhat firewall Choice (b) Access point connected to the HUB.(Haven't really tried it.) Now here are the things that I need to keep in mind when deciding this layout. * I need to do using Gnome meeting so need some TCP/UDP ports open and to be forwarded to one of the desktops.(Currently I am doing this by IPTABLES) * I need to ssh into one of these boxes. * Last but not least the wireless network shouldn't compromise wired network(hey i don't have any *sensitive* data but i am just being paranoid). for now I have just implemented choice(a). Right now i forward the ssh from the wirelessAP/router to the linux firewall which forwards it to the desired desktop. This is fine but the problem comes when the Ip changed. I can't get internet-facing Ip from the WirelessAp/router so that i could email/sms it to myself or to update my no-ip address. question 2: Currently I have NO-Broadcast for SSID and MAC filtering enabled for the access point.I have also limited the number of dhcp clients. I know that this is barely enough. have tried going WEP way but couldn't get it to work with linux. Did anyone here had luck with WEP(under linux)? Thanks Karthik
