On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Johnny Fulcrum wrote: > For the connection though, we thought it would be keen if we could both > use my cable connection - over a wireless network. There's one house > inbetween our houses, but I'm up on a hill and have clear view to his > roof. <ianal="on">Note that doing this probably violates the AUP for your cable connection.</ianal> > I assume a wireless connection be done here - but I may need some > boosters/antenna. (?) Sure sounds like it. If it's only a couple hundred feet, it may just work. Otherwise, you may need to throw an antenna on the roof from the AP at your house, and a small antenna on the card for his computer. > Security - I have a old 486 firewall (IPCOP - two nics and can add more > if need be) and a residental gateway (gateway is basically a hub now > that the 486 is in place!) between my computers and the WAN connection - > I think I'd want to dangle the Wireeless access point off the firewall > in it's own "zone" (on it's own NIC). (?) > > I'd want to protect him (via firewalling) too - but not want the > wireless network to "see" my current LAN. That's pretty much how I do my wireless networks. If I want access to my current LAN, I VPN back into the firewall. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list