WLAN with 2 DHCP servers

[Spleenus]

A friend and I are going to set up a wireless lan with each other using 2 AP's - D-Link AirPlus DWL-900AP+. We live 100m apart as the crow flies with only a few buildings in the way. This product has a range of 100m indoor, 400m outdoor.

Now, my Ethernet LAN has a DHCP server for my internet with the range 192.168.x.x and I have my own internet access thru ICS thru the gateway computer. My friend has his Ethernet LAN with an ADSL router with a DHCP server with the range 10.100.x.x. Is there anyway we can connect the LANs, so that each operates independently of each other without interfering, having their own internet access and their own ranges?

 

[ktwebb]

First off, those numbers are bunk for the most part but even if they were accurate they are based on line of sight. "A few buildings" basically assure that you'll not be able to obtain a link. Won't know for sure without trying but at 100M you will need line of sight, even with higher gain antennas than what they device ships with. So start worrying about how to get line of sight first.

If your just using the devices as bridges they'll will need to be on the same subnet most likely. Perhaps provide a rough drawing of what your planning on and the topology gurus can add more along those lines.

 

[JackMDS]

The Entry Level Wireless manufactures are very nice people they make it very easy to return any Wireless ?Gizmo?, since none of them yield in real life the distance that they claim.

You have better chance to find the Holy Grail, then two Entry Level APs find one the other 100m apart through few buildings.

I assume that you want Local Wireless to each LAN, and Wireless Bridging.

Let say you are in the same room, and you don't want to use cables.

Each one of you will need his own Wireless source (i.e. an AP or Wireless Cable/DSL Router) with MAC filtering (so that one Wireless LAN will not interfere with the other), and two additional APs configured as Bridges to connect the two LANs. AP configured as a Bridge will not interfere with the Local Wireless.

If your local LAN is wired, and you just want to connect the LANs Wirelessly, you can try to use the two APs that you have but you have to start with Project "Let Boost my signal"

The following link will explain what I am talking about.

Wireless Networking Reference - Antennas / Range Boosting.

 

[Spleenus]

ah ha. Thanks for the reply and help there

 

[ktwebb]

AP configured as a Bridge will not interfere with the Local Wireless.

Assuming they are on non-overlapping channels then yes. If they are within reasonable proximity to each other and and both on say, 2.437 (channel 6) then they will interfere. Easy thing to engineer right. Just wanted to clarify.