JJZolx;416610 Wrote: > This would be easy to do with a second wireless router and then you > could lose the wireless card in the PC. > > > Code: -------------------- > > > neighbor ~~~ router1 --- router2 ~~~ Squeezebox > --- PC > ~~~ wireless > --- wired > -------------------- > > > > Easiest way to do this would use router2 as a non-routing wireless > access point, which gives you just two subnets to deal with. > > > > - Configure router1 as both a DHCP client and a DHCP server. - Note your neighbor's subnet addressing. Let's say it's > 192.168.1/255.255.255.0. You'll be able to tell by the WAN address > and subnet mask that are assigned to router1. - Choose a separate subnet for your own network, such as > 192.168.5/255.255.255.0. - Assign 192.168.5.1 as the IP address for the LAN (not WAN) side > of router1. - Configure the DHCP server on router1 with a pool of addresses > such as 192.168.5.10 - 192.168.5.30. - Connect router2 using wired ethernet from one of its _LAN_ ports > to a LAN port on router1. - Assign a static IP address of 192.168.5.2 to router2. - Disable both the DHCP client and DHCP server on router2 (very > important). - Make sure wireless on router2 is enabled and set up your security > and password. - Connect wireless devices such as the Squeezebox to router2's > wireless, using the password you've set. - Plug any wired devices, such as the PC in to router2's LAN ports. > The WAN port of router2 will be unused. > > > > > Additionally, if the PC is going to act as a SqueezeCenter server > then I'd also assign it a static IP address on your lan - say > 192.168.5.3. > > If you can determine which channel your neighbor's wireless network > is running on then configure your own wireless network to use a > channel as far from it as possible.
Thank you, I will try to make that work. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to help. -- cybervision_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cybervision_'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13023 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62543 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
