On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 08:29:37PM +0000, david wrote: > This maybe somewhat off topic. I have a wired LAN with a Linux box > that connects to the Internet using an ADSL line. The Linux box provides NAT, > masquerading and a firewall, allowing the other machines on the network > to access the internet. The other machines are connected to the network via > a hub. I would now like to add wireless access to the network. > > Can someone tell me what I need in order to add wireless access without > affecting > the existing wired network? Ideally I would like to have a device that I can > just > plug in to the hub. When I spoke to a salesman he said that I couldn't > connect > an access point directly into the hub since it is expecting a router. Also, > the wireless > routers require that you have the internet connection going directly into > them. > > Can someone give me a definitive answer?
sure, I do it all the time. 1. Plug a crosover cable from you pc to LAN side of the router, 2. set DHCP off. 3. set up the wifi network. ALWAYS USE WEP (encryption) but don't depend upon it for secrecy. It's there to convince spammers and pronographers to move on. 4. Give the LAN side of the router an ip address in your network, 5. reboot the router. 6. Plug a cable from the LAN side of your router into your network. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (077)-424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 VoN Skype: mendelsonfamily. Looking for work as a CTO or consultant in handheld gaming, large systems development, handheld device construction, etc. See U.S. patent applications 20050108591, 20050107165. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
