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On 12 Jun 2009, at 06:46, Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> Norman Rieß <norman@×××××××××.org> writes: |
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>> What do you want to do with your accesspoint. You will need a bridge |
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>> to a wired network if you want your ap attached to that wired |
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>> network. This is quite usual though... |
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>> Without a bridge to a wired network, only the wlan systems are |
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>> connected and can not connect to your wired systems. |
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> Would it not normally be better to route between the wireless and |
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> wired |
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> networks, with appropriate firewall rules in place, rather than |
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> bridging |
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> them? |
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That is the intent of a project I'm working on, and I think it will |
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work well. However most folks don't need the additional complexity of |
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multiple networks. In that case just bridging to the existing subnet |
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is sufficient. |
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