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Originally Posted by Oz
I'm studying an IT degree and program in a couple of languages. Don't bother with simple. I just haven't fcuked around with networks for a long time.
I currently have an ADSL modem (DLink DSL300) running from a phone line connected to my NIC with CAT5. So that'll definately need to be plugged into something (hub or router). I wanna go wireless, if costs can be kept reasonable. What do I need?
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well what you need is to attach (via cat5) to the DSL router a wifi(wireless) switch....I recommend one of the new generation 802.11g due to the speed increase (over 40mb/s) or if you want to keep it cheaper one of the older generation 802.11b
Then each computer will have to have a wifi NIC (of course make sure its compatible with the type of protocol you'll have g or b)
from the router(via the management software) tell it to create a VAN or NAT and give the ip range for the computers that will be connected....make sure you reserve 10.0.0.1 for the router a rage from 10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.100 for example
On the wifi switch (trough its management software) -for security reasons- restrict access only to the mac addresses of your computers.....you can find the mac of each computer by entering in command line >ipconfig /all
The mac address will be called physical address
And of course you would have to configure the ip settings of each computer with its own ip address within the range specified in the router
Then enter the rest of the info of course the default gateway is the router address which as mentioned earlier will be 10.0.0.1 then the dns addresses etc
If you are unsure what the dns addresses and subnet masks are just run as mentioned earlier ipconfig /all and they will be displayed so write them down now
btw my suggestion would be to ditch the current dlink router....I really don't like dlink or linksys and get a DSL router with a built in wifi usrobotics makes an awesome one...this way you have only one product you mess with instead of two...
Price wise I don't know you need to shop around....going with cat5's is cheaper more secure and faster but of course you have to stretch a bunch of cables
I hope you’ve found my advice good...and I hope I did not left anything out.....if you need more details or need clarification about something don't hesitate to post