[NTLUG:Discuss] Router Needed?

[Bobby Wrenn]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Stepping into the deep end here...
> 
> What I want to do is set up a subnet here that isolates the conference 
> room and guest work areas from the rest of the office so that folks can 
> come in and use their laptops without being able to see the rest of the 
> office and/or servers.  I'm guessing I'll need a router to do that 
> isolation.  Is there a different solution short of banning laptops, or 
> forcing them to be scanned by our non-existant IT security staff?
> 
> If its a router solution, which one would be the easiest to set up?
> 
> ...Thanks,
> ...Ken
> 
What kind of switch are you using? If your switch can do a Virtual LAN 
(VLAN) you can split your network into as many pieces as you have ports.
Try everyone-but-conferenceroom on 192.168.1.0. Conferenceroom on 
192.168.2.0. Then put printer on 192.168.0.0. The printer is visible to 
everybody and the conferenceroom is invisible to the rest of the LAN and 
visa versa.

There are lots of ways to slice it depending on the equipment you 
already have and what you want to do.

ttn
Bobby