On Thu, February 2, 2006 9:44 am, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:22:08 +1300 > Don Gould wrote: >
>> >> Things like, how should you design your IP ranges for a small local >> network with DMZ with more than one WIFI networks (eg Home and Community >> WAN)... >> How should you set the machine up so that a group of people can share >> the same net connection via any of the above... >> > > I'd take a look at pebble, a small (fits on 128M CF) distro designed for > mesh wireless networking. I use pebble, and, although it does the job, it's an old debian distro at heart, and it's pretty b*ggered, especially if you try and update it. http://nocat.net/ has a lot of interesting ideas. Also http://www.m0n0.ch/wall > > >> How should you set up traffic control and some accounting? >> > > one interface per customer, count the bytes through that interface? > I'm sure radius must do some accounting, you could look at that. Yes, that works. > > >> Can you set up pppoe sessions for users on the wifi to use? >> > > not sure what pppoe has to do with it. > >> If you set up pptp server with tunnels then how to you route those with >> NAT to give the users access to the net connections without the rest of >> the networks. > > well i wouldn't use pptp as it has a bad security reputation. > > A lot will depend on this question: will each customer have a dedicated > gateway to this network, ie a small dedicated linux box which has the > end point of the vpn, or does the customer stick a wireless card in > their laptop and expect access? > openvpn is the way forward, I reckon. >> >> While I understand most of these in theory I seem to spend hours to not >> end up getting much running, so I'm interested in seeing the experts set >> them up. >> >> Cheers Don > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > $0.02, Steve -- Work like you don't need the money, Love like your heart has never been broken and Dance like no one can see you.
