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Posted by UglyDave on Apr-12-2005 16:16:

Setting up a wireless office lan

Hi Guys,

I've been given the job of setting up a lan in my da's new office.
So i've decided to go wireless.

Within the next few days he should have some sort of broadband installed.

At for the beginning there'll be 4 computers on the network. 2 of which are desktops, 2 laptops.

Both laptops are P4, but i dont think either have 802.11g.

i was thinking of:

- taking one desktop, let it act as server, connect it to wireless hub
- get 2 wireless cards for the notebooks
- get a pci wireless card for the other desktop

- install firelall, antivirus etc on server.

before i go out + spend a few �� can anyone recommend anything to me? any advise?

Just thought i'd check before hand

Thanks,

David

Posted by Boomer187 on Apr-12-2005 16:21:

Re: Setting up a wireless office lan

quote:
Originally posted by UglyDave

- install firelall,

i thought you said

- install firelol,

hehe. yes I am useless.

although i set up a netgear wireless thingie in mah house, it is decent.

Posted by Nell on Apr-12-2005 16:29:

sounds like a sound setup.

one thing to take in to consideration is the distance of the wireless devices from the wireless hub/router. although the packaging says that it works up to 'X' distance, that is not taking into consideration thickness of walls, frequency interference from microwave's etc.

one of my devices is no more than a 6ft away from the router, but there's a pretty thick wall in between and the signal strength was only at 20% which is piss poor.

i'd also make sure your security is tip top because there's ALOT of bandwidth theft from wirless i-net connections, and of course people could get to sensitive data. i suppose this all depends on the size and importance of the company.

other than that i think you've got it covered by the look of it.

Posted by BeatFreak on Apr-12-2005 16:36:

My gf just got a new laptop and when we turned it on it detected a wireless signal from somewhere in our building. So we connected to it. Can this person tell when or who is using their internet? Is this not a good idea?

Posted by UglyDave on Apr-12-2005 16:45:

Nell: Thanks for the info

quote:
Originally posted by BeatFreak
My gf just got a new laptop and when we turned it on it detected a wireless signal from somewhere in our building. So we connected to it. Can this person tell when or who is using their internet? Is this not a good idea?

In Intel, there's a way in which they can detect where a wireless rogue-connection is.

I've seen how it works. and it's pretty cool. but i doubt most companies would go to the hassle.

just dont be downloading 500mb / day and u should get away with it

Posted by BeatFreak on Apr-12-2005 17:42:

Cool.

Posted by Boomer187 on Apr-12-2005 17:56:

quote:
Originally posted by BeatFreak
My gf just got a new laptop and when we turned it on it detected a wireless signal from somewhere in our building. So we connected to it. Can this person tell when or who is using their internet? Is this not a good idea?

yea you can tell who is connected to it through the admin panel thingie. although you can't tell where they are connected

Posted by biznology on Apr-12-2005 21:59:

yah its not that difficult to find out if someone is stealing your wireless...

that being said, many are too lazy|

Posted by mezzir on Apr-12-2005 22:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
yea you can tell who is connected to it through the admin panel thingie. although you can't tell where they are connected

haha that would totally rock so hard if it told you

Error: someone is stealing your bandwidth. Please exit the room, take a right, descend the stairs, turn left, enter the second door on your left, take a right, and give that idiot what for!

Posted by UglyDave on Apr-13-2005 11:35:

thanks dudes !

quote:
Originally posted by mezzir
haha that would totally rock so hard if it told you

Error: someone is stealing your bandwidth. Please exit the room, take a right, descend the stairs, turn left, enter the second door on your left, take a right, and give that idiot what for!

in intel i think it works like this:

we have a rogue connection. it displays a big yellow smudge on a map of the building where the connection has been located.

if's pretty vague as to where exactly it is, but i'd say it probably can find out which router it's getting access from, then look about that area.