have 2 laptops with centrino utilizing building-wide (multi businesses) wireless broadband. want to add an office server and connect these via wired build-in network ports utilizing a non-routable tcp/ip network. can i have these two networks working together so internet come through the wireless and local data through the wired?
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can pro support 2 seperate networks on 1 machine(1 wireless & 1 wired)
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Yes you can create a wireless bridge, but what you are doing is opening your intranet or LAN to the entire outside world through the broadband connection.
For this reason the preferred approach would be to use a router or proxy server to isolate the intranet from the internet.
For this reason the preferred approach would be to use a router or proxy server to isolate the intranet from the internet.
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i'm not wanting to bridge them.
-the two laptops are currently connected (centrino) to the internet with a wireless network (all the bussiness in this building can tap into this)
-i'd like to connect a small office server (for these 2 laptops only)
-the laptops have network ports (wired) built-in
-can i setup up a tcp/ip network (for the wired server portion only) and connect the server and the 2 laptop together WHILE a seperate (& not bridged) wireless network exists???
-the laptops essentially have 2 network ports installed (1 wired & 1 wireless) > can they work independently to access 2 differernt networks and have their server data (wired network)be secure?
-the two laptops are currently connected (centrino) to the internet with a wireless network (all the bussiness in this building can tap into this)
-i'd like to connect a small office server (for these 2 laptops only)
-the laptops have network ports (wired) built-in
-can i setup up a tcp/ip network (for the wired server portion only) and connect the server and the 2 laptop together WHILE a seperate (& not bridged) wireless network exists???
-the laptops essentially have 2 network ports installed (1 wired & 1 wireless) > can they work independently to access 2 differernt networks and have their server data (wired network)be secure?
I caution you that you will be much saner using a central router approach.
. As long as there are two active connections on any machine, one internet and one intranet, this is for most companies an unacceptable security risk.
. As well, special provisions need to be made to avoid LAN slowness:
. As long as there are two active connections on any machine, one internet and one intranet, this is for most companies an unacceptable security risk.
. As well, special provisions need to be made to avoid LAN slowness:
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bcastner,
first of all thanks for all your help! i appreciate it.
i'm not sure of what i'd need with a central router. as it stands these two laptop get their internet wirelessly through a central shared wirless dsl router that we have no control over. there are about 10 completely seperate businesses that have access (in this building) to this. actaully i've never even seen it, only connected to it. now within our office we'd like to add a (wired) server.
are you saying that there is a router (wireless & 4 ports) than can receive the wireless internet signal and then can connect the internet (via 2 wired ports) to these two laptops while while they can also access the server (via the 3rd wired port)? essentially i would eliminate any use of the wireless connection on the laptops and the internet and server would come through the nic port. is this what you mean? i'm confused.
first of all thanks for all your help! i appreciate it.
i'm not sure of what i'd need with a central router. as it stands these two laptop get their internet wirelessly through a central shared wirless dsl router that we have no control over. there are about 10 completely seperate businesses that have access (in this building) to this. actaully i've never even seen it, only connected to it. now within our office we'd like to add a (wired) server.
are you saying that there is a router (wireless & 4 ports) than can receive the wireless internet signal and then can connect the internet (via 2 wired ports) to these two laptops while while they can also access the server (via the 3rd wired port)? essentially i would eliminate any use of the wireless connection on the laptops and the internet and server would come through the nic port. is this what you mean? i'm confused.
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