OK, here?s the scenario:
My father in law across the street is getting a Netgear FWG114P. It will be setup as his DHCP server and firewall. He has a laptop, desktop, and PocketPC. Desktop will be hardwired to the Netgear.
Across the street I have a small network consisting of two buildings with two switches that are linked together, a 2003 domain controller running Exchange, SQL, etc., and about 8 computers, including a laptop and PocketPC. I?ve got a crappy Microsoft 802.11b router that is getting ditched. I?m looking into a Netgear 802.11g model instead.
Here?s what I?d like to do. I?d like my father in law to be able to access my network so he can print to my plotter at the workshop and I can access Exchange when I?m over there. I really don?t need to access any of his computers, rather the other way around. I don?t want to join his computers to my domain. I was thinking of doing VPN, but it would be nice to use the PocketPCs anywhere out in the field. I?ve been looking into doing WDS bridging or repeating if possible. I get confused though because we still have two different networks, we each have our own DHCP servers and gateways. I could really use some advice because I?m not sure what I should purchase for an access point. I don?t think my father in law?s FWG114P will be compatible with WDS in any way. That means we may end up purchasing 2 access points and he would have two over at his house. 1 with a directional antenna for the bridge, and 1 with omni for his computers. I?d rather get one product with two antenna mounts if possible, one omni inside and one directional outside. I don?t need to use the access point as a firewall, I?ve got a Linux box I can use instead and still get VPN etc. Although, if we could get the right Netgear solution with a firewall supporting VPN, I?d just as soon not have another dedicated machine creating heat and raising the electric bill.
So, what do I need to do this? How can we link the networks but still keep our separate DHCP servers and gateways? Just assign static IPs to the laptops and PocketPCs? We often take our devices to job sites that have DHCP and constantly changing IP addresses or info would not be an elegant solution for either of us. Maybe I should just skip this whole idea and do VPN instead? What do you all think? ;-)
My father in law across the street is getting a Netgear FWG114P. It will be setup as his DHCP server and firewall. He has a laptop, desktop, and PocketPC. Desktop will be hardwired to the Netgear.
Across the street I have a small network consisting of two buildings with two switches that are linked together, a 2003 domain controller running Exchange, SQL, etc., and about 8 computers, including a laptop and PocketPC. I?ve got a crappy Microsoft 802.11b router that is getting ditched. I?m looking into a Netgear 802.11g model instead.
Here?s what I?d like to do. I?d like my father in law to be able to access my network so he can print to my plotter at the workshop and I can access Exchange when I?m over there. I really don?t need to access any of his computers, rather the other way around. I don?t want to join his computers to my domain. I was thinking of doing VPN, but it would be nice to use the PocketPCs anywhere out in the field. I?ve been looking into doing WDS bridging or repeating if possible. I get confused though because we still have two different networks, we each have our own DHCP servers and gateways. I could really use some advice because I?m not sure what I should purchase for an access point. I don?t think my father in law?s FWG114P will be compatible with WDS in any way. That means we may end up purchasing 2 access points and he would have two over at his house. 1 with a directional antenna for the bridge, and 1 with omni for his computers. I?d rather get one product with two antenna mounts if possible, one omni inside and one directional outside. I don?t need to use the access point as a firewall, I?ve got a Linux box I can use instead and still get VPN etc. Although, if we could get the right Netgear solution with a firewall supporting VPN, I?d just as soon not have another dedicated machine creating heat and raising the electric bill.
So, what do I need to do this? How can we link the networks but still keep our separate DHCP servers and gateways? Just assign static IPs to the laptops and PocketPCs? We often take our devices to job sites that have DHCP and constantly changing IP addresses or info would not be an elegant solution for either of us. Maybe I should just skip this whole idea and do VPN instead? What do you all think? ;-)
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