Re: Broadband services available in downtown Santa Clara?

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:19:44 -0700, Graham Freeman <graham@jahiel.net>
wrote in <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607250019080.4015@enhance.cernio.c om>:

>It'd probably be worth sharing a single DSL line with a neighor or two via
>wifi. Arrange for each participant to pay the primary DSL accountholder
>3-6 months at a time, and you're set.

To do that safely, you would definitely want a router with Wireless
Isolation, which lets wireless clients access the Internet but not each
other.

Likewise if you have a wired LAN, then you would definitely want a
router with Wired from Wireless Isolation as well.

If you want file and/or printer sharing on your own WLAN (Wireless LAN),
then you'll want either a router with configurable VLAN capability, or a
separate wireless access point for your own WLAN.

There are commercial hotspot-type routers with these capabilities (e.g.,
SonicWALL TZ-150 Wireless -- see wikis below for more), or you can use
third-party firmware in a suitable standard low-cost wireless router
(e.g., Linksys WRT54GL -- see more info in wikis below).

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