I am trying to set up a wireless network between my home and my office (which is located only about 60 ft away)... but I don't know the best way to do it.
I will start with some background information on locations, what I am trying to acomplish, etc:
I currently have 5 computers hooked up to a wired network in my office and no computers at all at my house. The computers are connected to the internet via DSL, which is hooked up to one computer and then shared throughout the network.
I would like to switch from DSL to cable but the price to get cable in my office would be to high for me to afford, however it is affordable to get cable at my house.
My plan to network the home and office together is this: I am going to buy an old computer off of ebay as cheaply as possible I will then install a wirless NIC and a regular NIC on it, and connect the cable modem to the non-wireless NIC. I would the add a Wireless AP to the office and connect the home PC to the AP at my office, and connect the rest of the office network to the AP as well. Because I am trying to minimize costs by not using a computer with decent specs I would like to use Linux with no GUI as the OS, but I have little to no working knowledge of Linux.
I would like feedback on the feasiblity oif this plan, esspecially wether I am in over my head by trying to use Linux. If it isnt realistic to use Linux I could get a PC capable of running Win 2k.
Thanks in advance for feedback.
I will start with some background information on locations, what I am trying to acomplish, etc:
I currently have 5 computers hooked up to a wired network in my office and no computers at all at my house. The computers are connected to the internet via DSL, which is hooked up to one computer and then shared throughout the network.
I would like to switch from DSL to cable but the price to get cable in my office would be to high for me to afford, however it is affordable to get cable at my house.
My plan to network the home and office together is this: I am going to buy an old computer off of ebay as cheaply as possible I will then install a wirless NIC and a regular NIC on it, and connect the cable modem to the non-wireless NIC. I would the add a Wireless AP to the office and connect the home PC to the AP at my office, and connect the rest of the office network to the AP as well. Because I am trying to minimize costs by not using a computer with decent specs I would like to use Linux with no GUI as the OS, but I have little to no working knowledge of Linux.
I would like feedback on the feasiblity oif this plan, esspecially wether I am in over my head by trying to use Linux. If it isnt realistic to use Linux I could get a PC capable of running Win 2k.
Thanks in advance for feedback.