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WangoTango

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:00:39 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

In the annual run-up to Christmas, Thompson-style... scheduled to
accommodate grandchildren in college, meeting the fiancee of the oldest
granddaughter, out-of-state grandchildren, and prosecutors who had
"murder duty" on the 25th, we'll celebrate Christmas this year on
Saturday, the 29th.

The first arrival, 11 years old, from Palm Springs, asked, "Opa, Do you
have WiFi? I need my WiFi!" ;-)

Presently I have a Linksys 8-port router, since I wired the house with
CAT-5 as it was being built, 19 years ago, never thinking wireless.

I have a few spare ports on the Linksys.

What should I get as WiFi, considering the following...

House is essentially 65' x 65', so I need good range. But I can easily
locate transponder 8-10' off the floor.

How do I set it up so grandchildren can access the web, but not intrude
on any of my PC's? Already had the wife's PC's E-mail fouled up by the
5-year-old :-(

...Jim Thompson

Show the kid your wrinkles and explain that super-zoot electronics is
something you do for _other_ people, not something you have for yourself.

If your PC's aren't set up to see each other, then you're probably safe
to just hook up an access point to the router. If they _are_ set up in
some sort of an easy peer-peer network, then you'll probably have to
fiddle with the security settings on each one.

Most routers now include "Guest" access that limits their access to the
Internet only. That way you can temporarily setup an open WAP just for
the guests and turn it off when the holidays are over.
Basically firewalls the intranet.