dalgard
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Optimal home network setup? Please, this case is FUN.
I know you get a lot of these questions, but I really need some help with figuring out how to best configure my home network. I think maybe there are a couple of details in local networking I don't *really* understand...
These are my components:
I would also like it to be part of my local network in such a way that I can use it to the fullest extent as a backup drive, home media server and so forth! This is where I feel my knowledge fails me: How can I make all these devices perceive each other as being on the same local network, while in the meantime having them receive their IP's directly from the ISP??
I simply don't know what kind of local network is achieved by having my router-modem in bridge mode and using my wireless router as an access point only - i.e. no NAT.
I suppose the network always chooses the shortest distance, and thus will connect my devices directly through the wireless access point. But will this come out the same as a LAN?
You get the picture...
I have been thinking about another possibility which is to use my NAS/server as a router. The N0503 actually has two NIC's - one for WAN and one for LAN - and I could easily plug the access point into the LAN port. But I think maybe the services I would need to install and the amount of processing it would need to do to work as a router, would make this solution unfeasible.
Also - using the NAS as a router would probably make my then NAT-handicapped laptops less able to use various internet services such as file sharing, right...?
A thousand thanks to whoever is able to advice me on this!
I know you get a lot of these questions, but I really need some help with figuring out how to best configure my home network. I think maybe there are a couple of details in local networking I don't *really* understand...
These are my components:
- ADSL modem/router (bridge mode, 5 DHPC-assigned static IP's!)
- Linksys E2000 Wireless-N Router (w. gigabit LAN)
- Thecus N0503 NAS (can be used as a full-featured Linux server)
- At least two laptops (connecting wirelessly)
I would also like it to be part of my local network in such a way that I can use it to the fullest extent as a backup drive, home media server and so forth! This is where I feel my knowledge fails me: How can I make all these devices perceive each other as being on the same local network, while in the meantime having them receive their IP's directly from the ISP??
I simply don't know what kind of local network is achieved by having my router-modem in bridge mode and using my wireless router as an access point only - i.e. no NAT.
I suppose the network always chooses the shortest distance, and thus will connect my devices directly through the wireless access point. But will this come out the same as a LAN?
You get the picture...
I have been thinking about another possibility which is to use my NAS/server as a router. The N0503 actually has two NIC's - one for WAN and one for LAN - and I could easily plug the access point into the LAN port. But I think maybe the services I would need to install and the amount of processing it would need to do to work as a router, would make this solution unfeasible.
Also - using the NAS as a router would probably make my then NAT-handicapped laptops less able to use various internet services such as file sharing, right...?
A thousand thanks to whoever is able to advice me on this!
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