Wireless internet access via Wireless Access Point?

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I work for a law firm and set up a Wireless Access Point (Linksys WAP54G) in our office so our laptop and several of the partners' laptops they bring in from home can connect to our network wirelessly.

Now, my boss wants vendors and other attorneys who visit our office to be able to access the interent wirelessly if they need to. Is that possible without setting up their computers to log onto our network domain? I ask because I brought my laptop in from home, which has never logged onto our domain. I did have the WAP set up in WEP security mode using a passphrase generated key PLUS MAC address filtering. I removed the MAC address filtering and tried to connect my laptop using one several of the generated keys. It seemed to work, but I got no signal indicator and Internet Explorer would not connect. I also tried using no security mode (open wireless network) and it still didn't work.

I'm guessing that you cannot do what they want to do using a WAP. In that case, would I be better off using a run of the mill wireless router like I have at home and connecting it directly to the cable modem?

Thanks in advance!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

You can do this. There is no relationship between your domain and the wireless. If your network uses the Exchange server proxy to connect it will never let you on to the internet. Better is simply to let all machines use the router direct, then set encryption with a MANUALLY ENTERED key and any machine can use this to connect. You will need dhcp enabled on either the server or the router. MAC filtering must be turned off.

Anonymous · Answer

to do what you want to do you would have to take off the security of the router. so turn off wpa and keep wep off.
i must warn you this is extremely damngerous because after doing this anyone could get into the network without fail and **** things up

krepps · Answer

powerline adapters - those use mains wiring quite of a lengthy ethernet cable. You plug a powerline adapter into between the ethernet ports on the router and into an area mains socket and yet another adapter into your pc ethernet port and a close-by mains socket Speeds are greater useful than wifi and alerts could be encrypted so your neighbour can not hack in in the event that they have powerline adapters. this may well be an option yet not decrease priced. Why not placed a repeater on each and each floor to enhance your on the spot get admission to so your purchasers have on the spot get admission to

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