Hi,
I currently have a hard wired network of about 30 computers over a range of office suites all on the same floor of our building, running xp and osx.
We are about to implement a wireless soloution.
I understand that if we plug in access points to our current switch. and then run the setup cds we would have a configured wireless network?
We figure with the distance between the different suites we would need at least 3 access points to cover the range. so we would hard wire these straight to our main switch? or any switch that makes up our hardwired network...?
Now lets say i want to segment the wireless network from our main network - so it just provides printing and internet access (which is the likly scenario) - would i then add a wireless router that comes off the switch and then run the additional access points wired off the wireless router?? or could i then just add the access points to our current network?
Some of our clients bring in mac osx laptops and we also have several imacs around that we want to add to this wireless soloution and take them off the main network... is there any forseable problems with this?
The usb wireless sticks are they any good would they work with the macs?
Currently I have 1 Linksys Wireless Routermodel WRT54G and 2 linksys access points model- WAP54G, except for the usb sticks would i need anything else? do i really need what i already have?
As far as setting up the current devises we have, would i add the router to the network first and then add the access points?
does it matter which computer i configure them from - ie can it be a workstation or does it have to be a domiain controller...
Ive set up a wireless router at home but not in a work setting so i want to make sure im buying what i need rather than stuff i dont need.
Could someone take the time and tell me what would be the best soloution for this?
thankyou very much for your help
I currently have a hard wired network of about 30 computers over a range of office suites all on the same floor of our building, running xp and osx.
We are about to implement a wireless soloution.
I understand that if we plug in access points to our current switch. and then run the setup cds we would have a configured wireless network?
We figure with the distance between the different suites we would need at least 3 access points to cover the range. so we would hard wire these straight to our main switch? or any switch that makes up our hardwired network...?
Now lets say i want to segment the wireless network from our main network - so it just provides printing and internet access (which is the likly scenario) - would i then add a wireless router that comes off the switch and then run the additional access points wired off the wireless router?? or could i then just add the access points to our current network?
Some of our clients bring in mac osx laptops and we also have several imacs around that we want to add to this wireless soloution and take them off the main network... is there any forseable problems with this?
The usb wireless sticks are they any good would they work with the macs?
Currently I have 1 Linksys Wireless Routermodel WRT54G and 2 linksys access points model- WAP54G, except for the usb sticks would i need anything else? do i really need what i already have?
As far as setting up the current devises we have, would i add the router to the network first and then add the access points?
does it matter which computer i configure them from - ie can it be a workstation or does it have to be a domiain controller...
Ive set up a wireless router at home but not in a work setting so i want to make sure im buying what i need rather than stuff i dont need.
Could someone take the time and tell me what would be the best soloution for this?
thankyou very much for your help
Facebook
Twitter