Thanks to the recent Brazos River flooding, I will be living in a leased house for the next six months or so. This house doesn't have any LAN wiring in the walls. I will have Internet access (and video and voice) via Comcast/Xfinity. The cable modem will be located near the TV in the center of the house. The house has cable wall jacks in pretty much every room.
I have several networked devices (desktop PC's, NAS boxes, printers, etc.) that do not have wireless capabilities (they were all hardwired in my home). These devices will be spread across at least two locations, neither location being near the cable modem. I need some advice on how to get the "LAN" to these two locations. I don't want to run cat6 from the modem to the locations because there's no good way to hide the cables, and I don't want to put any holes in the wall. Therefore, I need a wireless solution to complete my wired LAN.
Let's assume that the cable modem is in room A, and I need to have network/Internet access in rooms B and C (the two rooms previously mentioned). I will have a LAN switch in all three rooms and can run cables from the room's switch to the network devices. I will have a router connected to the cable modem in room A, and an ASUS wireless access point connected to my router (in the same location, for iPads, etc.).
I guess what I have is essentially three small LANs that I need to connect wirelessly. They must all be in the same subnet, e.g., all have 10.1.2.nnn IP addresses, and be able to communicate with each other.
Any suggestions on how to do this, what equipment to use, etc.? I'm open to buying additional hardware, as I work from home and Internet access is a requirement. I would rather by COTS appliances than build custom devices.
Thanks,
Ira
I have several networked devices (desktop PC's, NAS boxes, printers, etc.) that do not have wireless capabilities (they were all hardwired in my home). These devices will be spread across at least two locations, neither location being near the cable modem. I need some advice on how to get the "LAN" to these two locations. I don't want to run cat6 from the modem to the locations because there's no good way to hide the cables, and I don't want to put any holes in the wall. Therefore, I need a wireless solution to complete my wired LAN.
Let's assume that the cable modem is in room A, and I need to have network/Internet access in rooms B and C (the two rooms previously mentioned). I will have a LAN switch in all three rooms and can run cables from the room's switch to the network devices. I will have a router connected to the cable modem in room A, and an ASUS wireless access point connected to my router (in the same location, for iPads, etc.).
I guess what I have is essentially three small LANs that I need to connect wirelessly. They must all be in the same subnet, e.g., all have 10.1.2.nnn IP addresses, and be able to communicate with each other.
Any suggestions on how to do this, what equipment to use, etc.? I'm open to buying additional hardware, as I work from home and Internet access is a requirement. I would rather by COTS appliances than build custom devices.
Thanks,
Ira