Wireless internet for contractors, no network access

[JBL312]

Hello,

The company I work for has a lot of outside people coming in to attend meetings or to do contract work. It is often necessary for these people to access the internet, using there laptops, while on site. I’m looking for some advice on setting up wireless internet access for these people, while keeping them from access my networks resources.

There is an additional complication that you should know about as well. My company occupies two different buildings. These building are about 15 FT away from one another. Our network is connected through fiber, running underground between the buildings. In building A, we have our internet connection and a small conference room. In building B, we have a large conference room where it is critical that we have wireless internet access.

Wireless security is not the concern. Network security, and wireless internet access is.

I would greatly appreciate any and all thoughts on this,

Ryan

 

[dput]

The easist way would be to setup a VLAN on your network that only allows access to the Intenet and then setup some Wireless Access Points using those VLAN's. That should meet your needs based upon what you have written.

Dan

 

[Sympology]

We just set up run of the mill ADSL links for them. Don't even hit our cabling,let alone networks..

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[bpinning]

Hey,

As far as ongoing costs go, its better to setup a VLAN that can only hit the internet and setup the wireless AP from there, as opposed to payin for another internet connection.

If the VLAN and other security is setup correctly they won't be able to see anything other than themselves and the internet.

Use the AP as a DHCP server and off you go.

Use WPA to deter anyone who is passing by from using your internet.

Brett



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