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David Nicol davidnicol at gmail.com
Tue Feb 7 12:50:08 CST 2006


> > 2. I write software so I dunno networking, requesting
> > help from the user group. I was invited to manage a very
> > small network whose owner wants to make it available
> > for web-browsing to anyone roaming the neighborhood via
> > wireless. However, as best I know this gives access to
> > the other computers on the network, and I'm curious to
> > know if there is a way to expose a single computer to
> > the world as a wireless server, without giving access to
> > the rest of the network.
>
> Internet to 5-port switch
> Switch  to Wireless AP and a NAT/Firewall device
> NAT/Firewall to private network

as I see it the question is, is there a way to expose the one server,
while still providing wireless for your other devices, using a single
access point, and the answer is no.  He's going to need a second
access point.  One AP for the public wireless and one for his
unrestricted private.


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