Re: Help needed with home network configuration
On Fri 16 Mar 2018 at 10:24:36 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, David Wright wrote:
> > On Thu 15 Mar 2018 at 10:18:20 (-0700), Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > 1: I suppose there might be some network hardware which doesn't
> > > support actual bridging of wired interfaces, but I've yet to see
> > > such an example.
> >
> > I think the router I've been using for the last few years is one.
>
> The software might not support it, but if openwrt or ddwrt can run on
> the hardware, they should support bridging.
I can make sure the router I buy can run openwrt or ddwrt, but it
would be handy to know if I need to buy two or whether the current
one can at least do the job at one end of the diagram.
> > Required topology:
> >
> > ╲│╱ ╲│╱ ╲│╱
> > ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐
> > │W L╞ CAT5 │W L╞═PC │ ROKUs │
> > [Modem]══╡A A╞═════════════╡A A╞ │ etc │
> > │N N╞ │N N╞ └───────┘
> > │ ╞═PC │ ╞═PC
> > └───────┘ └───────┘
>
> I suggest that you instead run the second router as a switch with an
> attached wireless AP instead,
So you're saying that a router can run as a switch. This is presumably
by just ignoring the WAN port and using just the LANs?¹ And what does
buying a WAP do that the wireless on the router can't cope with?
> and if necessary, create additional
> wireless networks which both APs broadcast for visitors/DMZs,
I don't have any visitors and I don't know what I'd do in a DMZ.
> and
> additional VLANs/VPNs to do your DMZ/high security area.
I haven't got a DMZ or a "high security area". When I mentioned
security, it was because I don't want to run WEP/None security
on the wireless instead of the current WPS2/AES. For who knows
what reason, using any sort of bridging/repeating functionality
in the router necessitated reducing the wireless to WEP. Perhaps
the router has 16 bytes of memory and it can't do too many things
at once.
> [You can also
> add additional wireless APs and/or switches if you need them, too.]
Um, look, there's one house, one wife, small budget, and the current
box count is already at two.
Let's just imagine there's a wireless-proof gauze screen between the
two halves of the house. One router in each half is up to the task
of covering its half but no more. At the moment, one half of the
house (ironically the side with the modem) has next to no coverage.
> Of course, you'll have to run openwrt or ddwrt to actually do this; most
> built-in router firmware doesn't let you do this, because otherwise you
> might not buy the more expensive "enterprise" kit.
¹ ie what's outlined in this one
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/setting-up-wireless-routers-same-ssid-68675.html
Cheers,
David.
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