Comments on: Banish the kids to their own network! http://paperjammed.com/2009/06/02/banish-the-kids-to-their-own-network/ Has paper taken over your life? Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tad http://paperjammed.com/2009/06/02/banish-the-kids-to-their-own-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 Tad Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:23:20 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=557#comment-2272 Great idea about the IP addresses. Not only is it easier to distinguish the networks in logs, but it makes configuration a little bit clearer. I didn't go for wireless routing between the two because that would necessitate having one router act in some sort of repeater mode, with its radio both communicating with the mother ship as well as with the individual clients. Besides, I was trying for simplicity—not only for the article, but also because I am not a networking guru. As I was working with the DD-WRT software, I saw that I could have simply set up a virtual network with a different SSID and applied filtering to the second SSID, but as soon as I looked at the tutorials, and realized that I would have to be messing around with hand-written firewall rules (iptables), it was clear that it was much easier just to use two devices. Great idea about the IP addresses. Not only is it easier to distinguish the networks in logs, but it makes configuration a little bit clearer.

I didn’t go for wireless routing between the two because that would necessitate having one router act in some sort of repeater mode, with its radio both communicating with the mother ship as well as with the individual clients. Besides, I was trying for simplicity—not only for the article, but also because I am not a networking guru.

As I was working with the DD-WRT software, I saw that I could have simply set up a virtual network with a different SSID and applied filtering to the second SSID, but as soon as I looked at the tutorials, and realized that I would have to be messing around with hand-written firewall rules (iptables), it was clear that it was much easier just to use two devices.

]]> By: Quentin http://paperjammed.com/2009/06/02/banish-the-kids-to-their-own-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2271 Quentin Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:39:40 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=557#comment-2271 A well-written-up piece. I've recommended something similar in the past, though fully wired, for a test network. The only improvement I would suggest is to change one of the routers to a different class of private IP addresses (10.x or 172.16.x). This makes analysing things much easier because the IP addresses are immediately visibly different. I'm interested to see that the connection between the two routers is wired. No thought of wireless routing? A well-written-up piece. I’ve recommended something similar in the past, though fully wired, for a test network. The only improvement I would suggest is to change one of the routers to a different class of private IP addresses (10.x or 172.16.x). This makes analysing things much easier because the IP addresses are immediately visibly different.

I’m interested to see that the connection between the two routers is wired. No thought of wireless routing?

]]> By: Sue Massey http://paperjammed.com/2009/06/02/banish-the-kids-to-their-own-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2231 Sue Massey Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:31:09 +0000 http://paperjammed.com/?p=557#comment-2231 Great post. I will read your posts frequently. Added you to the RSS reader. Great post. I will read your posts frequently. Added you to the RSS reader.

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