Re: Segmenting (?) a LAN?

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Just to muddle things up, if you're just going to share Internet, you can
get any ole' broadband router. Whether it's wireless or not, just plug the
WAN side into the current LAN. The only thing is to be sure the two routers
are on different IP networks (subnets). That will "double NAT" the folks
behind the second router and keep them from being able to browse or connect
to computers on the resort's network. Like ALL free public Internet access,
it's the users choice whether or not to connect to it. They'll have to be
responsible for their own security.

....kurt

<gglave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1137090649.328518.165320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I look after a small LAN on for a small rural resort. They've got a
> handful of computers plugged into a Linksys BEFSR41
> (http://tinyurl.com/a99bl) router for network & internet connectivity.
>
> I'm looking for some way to set things up so that if this resort
> "shares" its internet connection with a few neighbours they can't "see"
> the other computers on the LAN, nor can the neighbours see each other's
> computers. The computers at the resort should still be able to see
> each other.
>
> Can anyone recommend a (hopefully inexpensive) piece of hardware to
> accomplish this? I know I could probably research some kind of a Linux
> box to manage the traffic, but I'd prefer to have some kind of small
> dedicated piece of equipment that doesn't risk a hard disk failure,
> power supply failure etc. as I'm six hours away and the folks at the
> resort are computer illiterate.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff Glave
> Vancouver, Canada
>


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