Thank you guys for all your help. I think we will be going with
firewall & client isolation.
Bryant Smith wrote:
> Siggie3 wrote:
> > I'm trying to share the internet connection from my cable modem with my
> > housemates. We already share the cable bill for TV, but until now I
> > was the only one who wanted the broadband cable internet so I've been
> > carring that part on my own.
> >
> > Now that we would like to make the single connection available to each
> > of our computers, I'm in the funny position of trying to come up with a
> > way of doing that without linking our computers together. For pretty
> > good reason I'm more worried about my housemates accessing my files
> > than a random hacker on the internet, so I don't want to set up
> > something that makes my system any more vulnerable to them than it
> > would be if we lived in 3 seperate homes and had three seperate
> > interent connections. I'm also pretty worried about getting a virus or
> > two from them, since they are not careful what they download and were
> > always having problems with viruses before we got the house.
> >
> > It really doesn;t matter if it is wired or not (but my landlord would
> > probably be happier if I don't drill any holes), so if it is cheaper
> > wired or is only available as a wired product that would work.
> >
> > If it can be done wirelessly, is there some sort of system that can be
> > setup where each of three computers can have acces to the internet over
> > a single cable connection where it would be comparable to 3 guys who
> > didn't know each other sitting in a wifi hotspot?
> >
> > If wired, could a single cable connection be setup so it is comparable
> > (without concer over loss of speed) to 3 next-door neighbors each
> > getting cable internet?
> >
> > This may be a totally stupid question that anyone sould be able to
> > figure out. But from what I've been able to find out about routers,
> > it's not clear if I can use one just for internet sharing without some
> > sort of more involved networking. If possible, I'd rather not just set
> > up a network that doesn't allow file sharing but does share the
> > internet connection, as that would provide one more possible route into
> > my computer than us all simply being on the internet at the same time.
> > Because of the layout of the house, it is very likely that I would have
> > to have any router type hardware in a physically accessible spot.
> >
> > Thank you for any one who can help me figure out how to do this.
> >
>
>
> You can set up a wireless router in Client Isolation mode. This blocks
> traffic between wireless users. You will be separated from your house
> mates and won't have to mess with any domain setting. I'm not sure if
> all routers have this feature, but I'm pretty sure the Linksys WRT54
> series does (or if you use a 3rd party firware you most definitely will
> be able to enable it).
>
> Also, like a previous poster mentioned, if you use a firewall to block
> all traffic from the local network (most good firewalls allow you to set
> address ranges in the blocking rules) your house mates will not be able
> to access your computer (nor will their viruses).