Andrey
George Metz wrote:
I would strongly recommend that if you do this, you either:
1. Get a router-in-a-box with a WAP on it, instead of just a WAP.
2. Put the WAP on a DMZ from a third NIC.
3. Both of the above - can't be too careful.
Wireless, even running WEP encryption, can be a serious security flaw in any network. Anyone in your neighborhood is going to be able to access it one way or another, either by directional antenna or by taking a laptop and sitting outside your house. Apartments are even worse.
If you're going to be using wireless basically as a method to sit outside on a nice day and use a laptop to browse the net, then putting the WAP on a DMZ with rules in shorewall to prevent it from accessing the wired LAN is probably a good idea. For extra security, sticking it behind a Router/WAP combo that's actually doing NAT masquerading from the DMZ isn't a bad idea either, as long as the shorewall rules are in place as well.
For a good deal, check Best Buy if you have one in your area. I managed to get the Microsoft MN-500 Wireless router/4 port switch combo for $30 because someone had opened it and returned it - it was fully functional. (Oddly enough though, in routing mode, you can't play Asheron's Call - one of Microsoft's games - from more than one client at a time. I'm assuming this would be an issue as a router for any online games that use multiple UDP connections. Bering 1.2 and Shorewall handle it out of the box, as it were.)
George Metz
C. Dummy wrote:
Hi .
I just came back to mailing list after a while. I'm running Bering 1.2 with dsl modem and than switch with 4 computers on static internal ip's. I'd like to add wireless access point. What is the best way to do that? Plug in wap to switch which is behind Bering? Can they exist together Bering switch and WAP? Or Bering switch and wireless router? Most of the WAP's comes with router, should I buy one with router built in or without? Is this the way to go running WAP from the switch? I want my wire connections to be as a main structure I'll use WAP only from time to time. Sorry if all this sounds stupid but I have never had any experience with wireless connections?
Andrey
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