Routing question

[swanny06]

Hi everyone. I'm working on a school project and wanted to run something by y'all. We need to implement a wireless network separate from our wired network. I was thinking to just connect it to our wired router, or will that not be "separate"?

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[icecream-guy]

Connecting your wireless AP to the same switch as wired users, in the same VLAN, would put both wired and wireless users on the same network.
There are several options, one would be to put the AP into a different VLAN on that same switch, that would give separation, another would be to use the guest wireless configuration option if supported in the AP.

[deanwebb]

That is correct.

Another way to do it would be to have the wireless AP running off of the wired router, but then connect a switch to that router and define a wired VLAN on it that is separate from the VLAN offered up on the wired router.

For DHCP, I'd recommend a Windows Server. Friends don't let friends use Cisco DHCP.

[Dieselboy]

Hi everyone. I'm working on a school project and wanted to run something by y'all. We need to implement a wireless network separate from our wired network. I was thinking to just connect it to our wired router, or will that not be "separate"?

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Define 'separate'?

[icecream-guy]

Another way to do it would be to have the wireless AP running off of the wired router, but then connect a switch to that router and define a wired VLAN on it that is separate from the VLAN offered up on the wired router.

Huh?   

I need a picture there.

[deanwebb]

Another way to do it would be to have the wireless AP running off of the wired router, but then connect a switch to that router and define a wired VLAN on it that is separate from the VLAN offered up on the wired router.

Huh?   

I need a picture there.

Is that better?

Sorry, I've been training people all day, with no access to guest wireless. I'll turn myself in to HR tomorrow...