Yes if you route at the CPE then the backhauls can bridge and your (mostly) good (this is how i do it) What you need to worry about here is clients who plug in their routers backwards and things like that. It helps if you do not have client routers (routing/dhcp in the CPE, switch inside)
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Mark Dueck <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
