Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:13:53 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: Dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wired and wireless network setup interactions Message-ID: <20051218031353.GA37356@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <000301c6037a$37f0cfe0$0402a8c0@satellite> References: <000301c6037a$37f0cfe0$0402a8c0@satellite>
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:24:47PM -0500, Dave wrote: > I have a setup that was a 10 megabit hub holding together a freebsd6 > firewall/router/webserver/other box. Updated that to a 10/100 megabitt > Belkin g+ router for wireless. The problem now that i'm having is both the > server and this new router do the following: > firewall > dhcp > dns > nat > and they both utilize separate subnets. I'd like for the Belkin router to > handle wireless traffic, while the original fbsd router handles wired as > well as it's original functions of firewall, nat, dns, and dhcp. > If anyone has any experience with this or recommendations i'd appreciate > it. My thought was turn off the dhcp server on the belkin router and let > the original fbsd server's dhcp server handle it, but i'm not sure if doing > so will disable it's ability to accept wireless clients. I'd also like the > wireless network to be secure. Use the Belkin as a bridge rather than a router, by simply not using its WAN port, and do turn off its dhcp server. I do the same with a Netgear. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I never met a computer I didn't like.
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