Network structure..

Thanks bud..I had my structure designed and now modified a bit according to your suggestion..not to forget ion's too.

The changes now I have made is, I have removed the wifi router and will use my wifi modem provided by my ISP. The signals will be boosted by AP's. Also, hubs are gonna be replaced by switches again.

Now I need the brands and model numbers for the switches and AP.

dre@ms said:

Thanks bud..I had my structure designed and now modified a bit according to your suggestion..not to forget ion's too.

The changes now I have made is, I have removed the wifi router and will use my wifi modem provided by my ISP. The signals will be boosted by AP's. Also, hubs are gonna be replaced by switches again.

Now I need the brands and model numbers for the switches and AP.

Quick question: Are you using wireless from the ISP modem to the internet or are you hard wired/cabled?? If not then anyone connecting to your ISP modem via wireless will be by-passing the firewall.

Yep you are right, this is the reason I opted for a wifi router. As of now, my ISP has provided only a wired modem.

Is it possible to first connect my firewall box and then the wifi modem(purchased from isp)??

Is it possible to first connect my firewall box and then the wifi modem(purchased from isp)??

That wont be possible, but alot of modems these days have built in firewalls, an example of this would be my old Verizon dsl modem: Westell 327w.

Now I need the brands and model numbers for the switches and AP.

well did you have anything in mind? basicly its up to you. in reality any switch will work aslong at it has enough ports for your needs.

sorry for the late responce, was away from the internet too long

Ok pal..no problems. :)
My ISP modem doesnt have such a thing and we own a separate UTM firewall box already which I cant dump.
Will this work,
Internet - modem from ISP(not wifi) - firewall - switch - wifi AP/server

Ch@n said:

Ok pal..no problems. :)
My ISP modem doesnt have such a thing and we own a separate UTM firewall box already which I cant dump.
Will this work,
Internet - modem from ISP(not wifi) - firewall - switch - wifi AP/server

Yep that will work just fine.

Thanks WindowsStar.
Is there a AP which can connect through a cat 6 cable? which one is the best, cat 6 or ethernet cable(rj45)?

cat6 is rg45, the only difference is the classifications: cat3 cat5 cat6, cat6 is usualy used in gigabit ethernet: 1000mb/s. While cat5 is used for fast ethernet: 100mb/s. in some cases if youy have a long run of cable for 100mb/s second i prefer cat6, even though it still 100mb/s.
Some more info:
Category 6 cable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Category 5 cable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks for all info guys..any luck on the model numbers for gud AP

Ch@n said:

Thanks WindowsStar.
Is there a AP which can connect through a cat 6 cable? which one is the best, cat 6 or ethernet cable(rj45)?

RJ45 is the end connector, Cat 6 is the type of cable. Cat 6 will work well for what you are doing, but if you want to save some money you can use Cat 5e. The "e" is for Gigabyte speed.