Wireless to Wired network.

[The_KiD]

Ok am after a bit of advice regarding my wireless setup at home.

What I want to to do is keep my wirelessd router downstairs near the phone point, but then upstairs I want some way of connecting devices with no wireless abilities.

This is because I bring other peoples machines home to fix and need to hook them to network so I can update them etc.

My theory was this:


phone--wireless rourter/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\wireless AP---switch----PC's

--- indicates a wire
/\/\ indicates wireless signal.

Would this work?

Also if I wanted to make it so the machines I plug into the switch are on a different subnet (or is it called a DMZ) so that they can get on the internet, but not see machines on the LAN (in case they are virus infected) how do I do this?

 

[The_KiD]

Yes, provided the wireless AP could work as a wireless client.

This is kind of what I was asking, can the AP work as a client? how does it work?

As for separating the two networks, you'd need some kind of firewall (or NAT with the outside interface being attached to the switch).

So I would need a firewall in after the AP?

 

[The_KiD]

Nice one Tolien, cheers.

So what router and AP would you recomend?