vincentfox
join:2003-03-18
Davis, CA
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Re: Before you post 'how to share WiFi to neighbor
Care to do a diagram for the novice?
My argument is that for John Novice, an "AP client" setup is simpler to work with. Bridging, WDS, etc. lead to complications that may overwhelm some people. Like if you are relying on the DHCP server over on the other network, and can't reach it, it may be a bit difficult to understand what is going on. Or you plug in your own WiFi router just to do some local stuff, and can't understand why DHCP has now gone haywire on both networks, which is because you can't have 2 DHCP servers in same LAN.
Also a bridged environment sounds friendly, like one big happy LAN. Which may not be so great when your open fileshare gets you infected by a worm operating on the neighbor's computer.
YMMV. |
wifi4milez
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| I guess there are a few different ways this can be done. Each person will feel comfortable doing it differently! My suggestion was to simply replace the wired router in your diagram with something like a wrt54g that serves as both a wired and wireless router. I figure that one less piece of equipment might be easier to handle for a beginner.
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