> QUESTION: How do I make it so that BOTH NETWORKS can share the same Internet > connection and be invisible to each other at the same time? Also, I get a > little confused about the differences between routers and switches. You can do it by subdividing your netmask, and adjusting your router table. For example, make one subnet 10.0.0.x/255.255.255.0 and the other 10.0.1.x/255.255.255.0, and add a line to your router table to make sure both subnets see the router at 10.0.0.1/255.0.0.0. The router will already be on the greater subnet 10.x.x.x/255.0.0.0. You can similarly subdivide other IP ranges. No need to stick with default netmasks. ----- Original Message ----- From: <olearysheehy at goldengate.net> To: <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 11:08 AM Subject: [TCWUG] Isolating the AP from local computers > THE SUMMARY > 1. Thanks to all of the major geeks who have been providing terrific advice. > 2. Some of you raised the inevitable question about how one isolates the > local computer(s) from the Internet "wild" of community access (see below). > 3. I remain interested in hearing recommendations for AP hardware. Thanks to > your comments, I am definitely convinced that 802.11a is not the way to go. > ==== > > CREATING TWO "LOOPS" THAT ARE ISOLATED > FROM EACH OTHER BUT THAT USE THE SAME > INTERNET CONNECTION ... > > Here is what I'm thinking ... I can easily put my two desktop machines on a > wired network. The Internet connection thus would be "shared." There would, in > effect, be: > > 1. One network for the wired machines (that allows sharing of peripherals). > 2. One network for the wireless machines (that offers Internet access only). > > QUESTION: How do I make it so that BOTH NETWORKS can share the same Internet > connection and be invisible to each other at the same time? Also, I get a > little confused about the differences between routers and switches. > > Note: My wife has a laptop that I want to go wireless. I'm thinking we will all > be satisfied if it is walled out just like the other wireless users. > > P > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >