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Creating a home network
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:33 am
by chewspam
This may have been asked before, but I couldn't find it when searching. Maybe I missed it in these tutorials. But my question is where does my cat6 cable go in order to create a network.
I'm going to follow this tutorial to set up my antenna/hotspot/router: http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16&hilit=Didneywhorl&sid=743c8cc2cf6402d745e563c8b7d2252f
Then I'm going to follow this tutorial to get the firmware and everything straight: http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=19&sid=dededaa9f7255219d4e31ae7101cfd8b
But how can I take that cat6 that is powering everything and connect it to my router inside my home to run my home network?
Re: Creating a home network
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:08 pm
by JimHelms
There are numerous ways you can configure your system depending on which device (outside or inside router) will acting as the DHCP server--assigning an IP address to computers, phones, laptop and other devices on the network.
Below is a rather crude diagram of two of many possible configurations.
The top diagram shows the WG3526-P (PoE) in the antenna enclosure that [url=http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=49&sid=0775f423f787599bbc8acd04ad75978a]DMZ[/url]'s all the traffic to the inside router which assigns the IP addresses to the other network devices. The WE3525-P is acting the role of a dumb router. Also, WiFi on the WE3526-P will need to be disabled.
The bottom diagram shows the WG3526-P acting as the DHCP server.
WG3526P (PoE) Network Options.png
I am sure others can add different options as well as the cons and pros.
Re: Creating a home network
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:32 am
by chewspam
JimHelms wrote: Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:08 pm
There are numerous ways you can configure your system depending on which device (outside or inside router) will acting as the DHCP server--assigning an IP address to computers, phones, laptop and other devices on the network.
Below is a rather crude diagram of two of many possible configurations.
The top diagram shows the WG3526-P (PoE) in the antenna enclosure that [url=http://wirelessjoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=49&sid=0775f423f787599bbc8acd04ad75978a]DMZ[/url]'s all the traffic to the inside router which assigns the IP addresses to the other network devices. The WE3525-P is acting the role of a dumb router. Also, WiFi on the WE3526-P will need to be disabled.
The bottom diagram shows the WG3526-P acting as the DHCP server.
WG3526P (PoE) Network Options.png
I am sure others can add different options as well as the cons and pros.
Thank you for your answers. So is the WG3526-P acting as a wired bridge here? Also, how do I get to these configurations for each device? Do I have to plug the Cat6 from each device in to a laptop and configure them one at a time?