If you set things up properly, any computer on the LAN will be able to communicate with any computer on the wireless network. If you use a wireless card in the server in AP mode, you just need to configure it properly, and do not need any additional hardware.
If you use a separate wireless router: Any ethernet port on switch Any non-uplink ethernet port on wireless router Here's how I'd wire the whole thing: Cable/DSL modem Fast Ethernet NIC on serverĪny gigabit port on switch Gigabit NIC on serverĪny gigabit port on switch Another computer on the LAN All the ports on the switch should be equivalent. Usually this doesn't require any extra setup, just not using the "WLAN" or "uplink" port on the router.Īs for the LAN side, your gigabit switch will not have an "uplink" port if it does, it's not a pure switch. If you like your current wireless router, you can just connect it to your LAN and have it act as a dumb bridge (i.e., not using any routing features). Your BSD box then becomes the wireless router.
SETTING UP UNTANGLE FIREWALL INSTALL
If you are using BSD, one thing you can do is buy a PCI or PCIe wireless card and install it in the server, then configure it to run as an AP. Using your existing wifi router might be somewhat problematic not all of them play well with others. You will want gigabit for the LAN side, if you intend to use the server as a fileserver or NAS or provide any kind of bandwidth-intensive service to the LAN. Of course if you're buying a new separate NIC, you may as well buy gigabit anyway, but if you have a Fast Ethernet NIC built-in or lying around, there's no reason not to use it. Your cable modem will almost certainly not use Gigabit Ethernet a regular 100Mbps Fast Ethernet connection will serve it just fine. But Untangle doesn't look like a bad option, if you decide you prefer it. You'll end up with a much more configurable and powerful system that you can use in a pinch as a filserver/NAS or simple web server, or HTPC, or any number of other things. Instead of Untangle, I suggest using a fully-featured server-class OS like FreeBSD or OpenBSD (or Linux, but I prefer BSD for firewalls).
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