Re: adding wireless access points (WAP's) to my network - can't get it to work

Mike:

RE: It's the Windows Firewall that came with WinXP SP2. I can't do
anything with it from the workstation as it's handled by a Group Policy
from the server. Perhaps I should dis-able the GP?

Now I'm confused. Based on earlier comments (such as: "I'd like them
'outside' the network - at least for now. ... I'd like to give them
internet access for professional and personal use, but don't want to let
them in the network until they have a valid need."), I have been
assuming the PCs trying to access the wireless network are not, and
never have been, part of your SBS LAN. But group policy is NOT applied
to PCs that are NOT part of the SBS domain. GPOs only apply to PCs with
- at minimum - computer accounts in the domain, and the PC actually has
to be joined to the domain.

So, I need some clarification on this point. Are the PCs which want to
connect wirelessly joined to the domain or not? Do they act as part of
the SBS network or are they just "guests"?

As to Windows Firewall, I have never seen a problem with it, but that
assumes a default configuration. If a GPO is being applied to force the
firewall on, the GPO may also be opening or closing certain ports.

RE: On another thread (Wireless Access Point DHCP written on this NG at
Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:11 PM) I get the impression I should bring the
WAP's into the LAN side after all, give them some level of security and
then see if I can block them from network resources.

Given that there seems to be some confusion about whether the PCs are
part of the LAN, this might make a difference. But I can tell you that,
if they are really "guest" PCs (not part of the domain), keeping them
outside the LAN is a better approach (more secure since the PCs would be
unmanaged) and should work fine. You are having some type of problem
connecting to the Internet and I don't immediately see how moving the
WAP inside the network is going to help this.

-- Owen Williams
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