Setting up a network HELP

rage · #1 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006, 03:30 PM

There is a Airties 210 Rt adsl modem in the main building (14 computers) All with cables.
On the main building of Airties:
The 1st port of airties is going to 16 port switch .
2nd port is going to 2nd building via cable (1 computer) Cat 5
3rd port is going to 3rd building where there is only a 8 port switch cos the distance is more than 100 meters.

On the 3rd buildings 8 port switch:
1st port is going to 4th building where there is a zyxel 661hw adsl modem. I am using it like a wireless switch.(3 Computers). Cat 6 cable
2nd port is going to 5th building (1 computer) Cat 6 cable
3rd port is going to 6th building (1 computer) Cat 6 Cable.
I must distrubute the signals 3 more places. I am thinking to use D-Link Dwl 2100 ap Access point there. (I am also thinking to buy Linksys Wireless n but I am not sure to buy it or not. Maybe if I buy it there will be no need for another access point because cos the signals are 4x more farther than (MIMO technology) the other ones)The signals that I can recieve is in 2 places with D-Link. I will buy one more d-link to distrubute the signals to 1 more place and I will buy a switch for he 6th building for computer and d-link cos d-link has only one port.(If I buy Linksys there will be neither one more acess point nor another switch but there will be sure lots of brands

. but I am not sure that it will work.)

I can not use the 16 port switch instead of airties because the cables are short.

What is your strategy for his network? It is becoming hard to set up a network as it already became confused. I need you helps about setting up network like this cos I already don’t know how to do it. If I can read some material it would be awesome too.

NZLamb · #2 (**permalink**) 10-24-2006, 10:05 AM

If you want to bridge several networks together using wireless, the DWL-2100AP is a good choice as it supports mult-point bridging and is pretty easy to set up. It's also Atheros-based and I have found them to be pretty reliable.

You will need to add a switch if you want to connect more than one computer at a time to a client access point. I wouldn't recommend using standard wireless routers for this particular application as they do not usually support bridging.