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Users / Re: Network setup?

« on: June 08, 2012, 03:53:39 pm »

As I don't really need all the features of a router for the external interface, I've been looking for just a DSL modem to maybe save some money, but many of the ones I've found use USB rather than ethernet; would LinuxMCE be able to recognise and use these, or would I be better off sticking with ethernet and a second NIC, like the wiki diagram?

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Users / Re: Network setup?

« on: June 07, 2012, 04:02:51 pm »

You don't necessarily have to turn off the radio in the external router. You can leave it on, but change the channel and SSID of the internal to distinguish the two (you don't want devices roaming unwittingly between the internal and external networks). That way, you can allow guests to connect to the external (turning on device isolation, if you don't have internal network traffic moving across that, for example). But you can have a second access point that has access to LinuxMCE resources.

I suppose I could do that, but things on the external network wouldn't be able to see anything on the internal, wouldn't they? It sounds like they would be two separate networks.

By the way, I just noticed you mentioned Z-wave earlier; Would you recommend them? I was thinking of perhaps getting some Z-wave devices as they sound cool, but my brother said he wouldn't trust them as it's not an open standard.

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Users / Re: Network setup?

« on: June 05, 2012, 04:08:29 pm »

Thanks for the speedy replies guys. It looks like I need to scrounge up a second router to use for the internal network (I'm thinking I'll probably connect everything to that unless it has some kind of issues), and then disable the radio on the external and the DHCP server on the internal, right? I figured this would be the case, but it's really nice to get some confirmation. I'm rather wary of screwing something up and losing my internet connection, troubleshooting without that would not be fun.

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Users / Network setup?

« on: June 05, 2012, 11:43:49 am »

Hi, I'm looking forward to setting up a Linux MCE system on a spare computer I have, but I'm a little confused about the description of the network layout on the Network Setup wiki page (wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Network_Setup). The diagram of an "existing home network", with router and switch being separate devices, linked by CAT cable, looks like an unusual setup to me. In my experience, router and switch (and WAP) are typically integrated into one unit (Netgear DG834G in my case), which would make the described setup impossible to implement. Is this a locational thing, with separate modems and switches being common in the US? This kind of thing happens fairly often in my experience, with different standards in different parts of the world, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this please? (Advice on a solution would be greatly appreciated too, if possible)