Hi, On 29/03/2012 15:40, Francois Gaudreault wrote: > Hi, > >> From the customer setup perspective, it is for a small Hotel, not >> wired, but currently offering unlimited and uncontrolled wifi access to >> internet to its customers. We're talking about 20 rooms. >> >> From what I understand from PF so far, I would probably go with the >> Inline option in order to avoid the cost of a manageable switch for a >> WLAN only environment. > Ok. > >> In that case, would a simple AP do ? Although you list a lot of them, is >> there a preferred one or a least desirable one although working ? Do I >> need to extend the HW for the server 8 Gb RAM with only one NIC so far ? >> Could that be the preferred option for the case in question ? > For the RAM 8GB is fine. However you need at least 2 NICs, one for the > internet, and one for your local network. Since all your stuff will > likely be unmanaged, everything will be on "VLAN 1", and PF will be the > gateway of this VLAN. You lost me there. The server is connected to the internet through a modem router.. so both accesses to LAN and internet are done through the same NIC... Do you mean I need to get two NICs to split the traffic ? Or to connect the AP straight behind the server and not through the router? So that the Connection will look something like that :
Internet <--> Modem/Router <-x2-> Server <--> Wifi AP Or Internet <--> Modem/Router <--> Server <--> Wifi AP Thanks for your patience. D. > Thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Packetfence-users mailing list Packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
