Question: If you have all client computers behind a router, then you are mostly protected from broadcasting and the need for routing is not that high, right?
I have a small network and I'm starting to do some routing between longer backhaul links, and between cities. So far, I don't know if I've seen a difference yet. On 04/13/2010 10:08 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > We're up to about 400 subs on one half of the network. We're about to start > routing. We'll know in a few months if it helps or not. > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Ihnen" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:02 AM > Subject: [WISPA] When to route? > > > >> OK, I know: "friends don't let friends bridge networks". But at what if >> the networks are small? >> >> The reason I ask is I'm wondering if I'd have anything to gain by setting >> up static routing (now that the new UBNT beta added this to the gui). >> >> What I have is a satellite internet modem going to an MT box. The MT box >> is wired to an 802.11g AP/wired switch (which has wireless clients). Also >> wired to that switch are two backhauls with clients at the far ends. One >> backhaul is a pair of PS2's (the one closest to the switch is WDS Station >> and the far end is WDS AP with clients). The other backhaul is a pair of >> NS5M's running Airmax (obviously no clients) and wired to the far NS5M is >> a Bullet 2M running as 802.11b/g/n AP with clients. All the hardware is in >> the 192.168.7.x/24 range as are most of the clients, though I give some >> clients addresses in the 192.168.0.x/24 range to keep them isolated from >> the hardware and other clients. The MT box doesn't allow traffic between >> the 192.168.7.x and the 192.168.0.x net. >> >> >> >> ---PS2~~~~~~~PS2 >> with clients (192.168.0.x) >> / >> Sat modem---MT box---switch/ap with clients 192.168.7.x >> \ >> >> ----NS5M~~~~~NS5M----Bullet2M >> with clients 192.168.7.x >> >> >> I'm assuming now traffic for all clients transit all segments of the >> network i.e. traffic for a client wirelessly connected to the Bullet2M is >> also transiting the segment of the network comprised of the PS2's. Is that >> right or does the gear (in this case the switch joining the different >> segments of the network learn who's where and route the traffic >> accordingly? I'm assuming not. So if I made it so the clients on each AP >> were in a different subnet and static routed then traffic would only >> travel the pertinent network segment? >> >> Greg >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
