On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:23, Reza Naima wrote: >However, two problems exist : > > - Someone can spoof the MAC and get onto the network > - People can eavesdrop on the connection
Correct. > > So far, it seems as if a PPTP tunnel might be the best solution I'd go with IPSec; I believe PPTP is known to have some (security) problems. > -- but > (correct me if I'm wrong) I'll need to add another nic to the > firewall/router/gateway box (linux), and directly connect the WAP11 to the > linux box... Unless your switch can tag the packets comming in on the WAP11 port to a certain VLAN, and then have your Linux box look at the tags. Your switch may also be able to say that the WAP11 port can only communicate with the Linux box's port. However, a $10 ethernet card is probably easier ;-)
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