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Re: OT: Wireless questions



On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 06:13:23PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, David Purton wrote:
> 
> > I know, way OT, but I thought I'd pick people's brains on here anyway.
> > 
> > I'm thinking about adding wireless connectivity to my home LAN.
> > 
> > At present it looks like this:
> > 
> >       +--------+
> >       | switch |-- wired private network
> >       +--------+
> >            |
> >          eth0
> >            |
> >   +-----------------+
> >   | debian linux    |          +------------+
> >   | server/firewall |-- eth1 --| adsl modem |-- internet
> >   | gateway/router  |          +------------+
> >   +-----------------+
> > 
> > 
> > What is my best option?
> > 
> > I was thinking of just putting another ethernet card in my server and
> > getting a wireless access point to attach to it.
> 
> by server, i assume you mean your debian box
> 

One other comment missed from other mail - yes - but not my desktop
machine. This box just runs dns/web/mail/firewall/routing etc.

cheers

dc

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