Wireless Office

[James Knott]

James Knott wrote:
> Lance F. Squire wrote:
>> Looking at setting-up a wireless office.
>>
>> There is only one Linux box in the office used as the firewall. It 
>> will be connecting directly to the wireless router. Doubt there will 
>> be much problem there.
>>
>> The rest of the office is a mix of windows and Mac boxes. They are 
>> thinking usb adapters would be the best way to go. Some of the boxes 
>> are older.
>>
>> Was wondering if anyone had set-up a similar network, and opinions on 
>> the various venders.
>>
>> Was thinking of using Lynksys,
> 
> Are you connecting the WiFi box directly to the ISP?  If so, why use the 
> Linux box as the firewall?  If you're connecting the Linux box to the 
> ISP with the local network behind it, you'll have to configure the WiFi 
> box in AP mode.  Most can do that, but probably use a different name. 
> "AP mode" means you connect via the LAN ports, rather than WAN and turn 
> off DHCP (unless you need a DHCP server) & uPnP. I've used SMC, Linksys, 
> D-Link and Asus.  They all work well.  While USB WiFi NICs may be 
> suitable, you can also get PCI cards too.  One advantage of the USB NIC, 
> is you can put it up high, at the end of a USB extention cable.
> 
> 

Forgot to mention, you'll want to use a USB 2 port, as USB 1 is too slow 
to keep up with a WiFi connection.


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