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Connecting two seperate networks

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The goal of this project is to be able to share access to a server with samba shares on it over a LAN/WLAN not over the internet with VPN etc. This will be a media server and streaming video / music will need the LAN/WLAN speed.

Here is a description of the networks as they exist:

House 1:
Media Server (wired cat6)
Other computers (wired cat6)
Gigabit Switch with Jumbo Frames
WRT54g (wifi disabled)
Cable modem

House 2:
2 Laptops (wireless G)
1 HTPC (wired cat5)
WRT54GS
Cable modem

The two houses are about 75 feet apart or less (directly across from eachother, no front yard, on a small cul-de-sac)

We are each paying for our own internet connection. I would like them to continue to use their own connection.

The two solutions I have come up with are:

a) I setup an encrypted Wireless connection and they may disconnect from their wifi and connect to mine to access the media server when they want to (annoying, and if they forget to connect to their own afterwards, their internet connection goes unused)

b) Transplant their cable modem into my house, and buy a twin wan load balancing router and share the connection wired/wireless between my house and theirs. This has the downside of another piece of hardware and them having their modem in my house all the time, not sure if this is a problem, or a strain on the cable network, as I already have HDTV STB Cable, upgraded high-speed (10Mbps vs 6Mbps) and "digital phone" voip service via the cable co.

Any other solutions / ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a wireless bridge simply acted like a "repeater" to extend the range of a wireless network. This isn't needed here as the physical distance isn't that great and a more powerful antenna would suffice.
 
you're looking for a wireless bridge. easy, peasy, done. That's what a wireless bridge does - it bridges two separate networks.

The other solutions are making it way more complicated than it needs to be.
 
Bridges can be used in a couple of differant ways. I was suggesting a bridge on both ends and ethernet from there, basically the wireless equivilent of throwing over a cable.

That would effectivly put you both on the same network, you would just be using differant devices as your gateway.
 
so they would have access to my LAN but not WAN, and vice versa, no problems? that seems too easy 😉 But I was sure it had be done many times before, that is why i asked.
 
so they would have access to my LAN but not WAN
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In this configuration if they changed their gateway address they could use your cable connection (if so desired); it could even be configured with a higher cost so that in the event that one of your connections went down a machine would switch over.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
you're looking for a wireless bridge. easy, peasy, done. That's what a wireless bridge does - it bridges two separate networks.

The other solutions are making it way more complicated than it needs to be.
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But where's the fun in keeping it simple🙁


I vote for the cisco 6500 + fiber SAN array couple with a microwave transmissions setup, in addition to a 20Megawatt backup generator😀


BTW, don't forget the infiniband conenctors between the blades ...😀
 
Originally posted by: spyordie007
so they would have access to my LAN but not WAN
Click to expand...
In this configuration if they changed their gateway address they could use your cable connection (if so desired); it could even be configured with a higher cost so that in the event that one of your connections went down a machine would switch over.
Click to expand...

Well if they each have a DHCP server using seperate gateways that is going to cause problems if you simply bridge the networks. Unless they do away with it and configure IPs manually.
 
Originally posted by: InlineFive
Originally posted by: spyordie007
so they would have access to my LAN but not WAN
Click to expand...
In this configuration if they changed their gateway address they could use your cable connection (if so desired); it could even be configured with a higher cost so that in the event that one of your connections went down a machine would switch over.
Click to expand...

Well if they each have a DHCP server using seperate gateways that is going to cause problems if you simply bridge the networks. Unless they do away with it and configure IPs manually.
Click to expand...

Oh yeah, two dhcp servers = mega bad juju, lots of fun to diagnose😛
I just got a network storage enclosure from a compusa that was closing, and I got in there and found it had a dhcp server enabled by default. Thanks😕
 
what are you trying to share.. just the media server? you could just put a wireless PCI card into it and connect it to the other network that way. if you are streaming HD media you might have issues wirelessly if you do a bridge or not and security is going to slow things down.. if you can think of a way to just get a wire to go from one house to another that would be the best. for the dhcp you should just do static IP addresses if you are going to connect the two networks and set the computers to the correct gateway.
 
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