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by jhill1949 1 view

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We have a small business with a wired and wireless network for the employees. I would like to know what the easiest way is to allow guests to our business to have wireless internet access through our gateway. We have a netgear router connected to a DSL gateway, plus 2 non managed linksys switches and a linksys WAP.
Any help will be appreciated.
James

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by tmalo627

The easiest way isn't necissarily the most secure. Easiest way is to plug in an additional WAP with no password. What type of firewall are you using? There should be some setting on there to regulate the different ports so that you can secure the rest of your network from the public wi-fi.

by jhill1949

Thanks for your help. Our firewall is Netgear Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall with 8-Port Switch. I have thought of adding another WAP and put it into one of the Router ports but I don't understand how to configure the router to just take any traffic from the 2nd WAP and route it exclusively to the internet gateway address. Do I need a device that is managed?

by tmalo627

On a managed firewall, you can then assign port roles and allow or restrict traffic between them. Also putting the public wi-fi on a separate subnet would help to easily identify the source or destination of certain traffic to verify its proper functionality.

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