On 2015-05-20 14:31, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 05/20/2015 07:33 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I'm confused.
As I've pointed out before, the OP is good at short but inadequate or ambiguous descriptions.
Yep :-)
I gather that there is an existing wired network on place. I *suspect* that this is something like a school or educational establishment.
Yes, yes.
I would like to know more about the wired network. What is its address range?
As the server is on 172.16.5.105, that gives the (wired) net.
Does each "room" (what is a room? classroom? lecture room?)
Yes.
have a single IP address at its outlet or is there a a subnet per room?
I guess they have a socket in the wall, and perhaps a switch for a computer or two. It was made on 2003.
If the latter what is it? is it a /24?
I guess they get addresses directly from the main pool, 172.16...
I suppose one way of asking that is "How many users per room are supported?
I guess few now, that's why they want to go over wifi, to allow "all". They can not cable them all, currently. Then each room gets a 192.168.1.* router. But that means NAT, which is a problem, I think, to get samba working across to the central server. The alternative is plain routing, with a different 192.168.* subnet per "room". Or use an access point per room, and be directly in the main pool... in which case, they should consider switching to 10.*.*.* How well does that support traffic, I'm unsure. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)