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Right click on folder->Properties->Sharing->advanced sharing->permissions->locations
when I get to locations, only the local machine is shown, and obviously I cannot add an account from a different machine if that machine is not shown....
I should add this is W7Pro and I am actually trying to share an entire attached external drive (logical drive letter).
You cant share per machine name, only by user. On the machine you want to share, you can create a local user account (ex machine2user) and give that permission to the share. Then when machine2 connects to it it will get prompted for the local account creds.
I am planning on needing a LACP switch for a synology 1815+ or similar, and these seem to be reasonably priced and they get decent reviews from people. Nothing stellar by Cisco/HP standards but they seem to get the job done at a nice price point for LACP and basic switching.
I am planning on needing a LACP switch for a synology 1815+ or similar, and these seem to be reasonably priced and they get decent reviews from people. Nothing stellar by Cisco/HP standards but they seem to get the job done at a nice price point for LACP and basic switching.
I am planning on needing a LACP switch for a synology 1815+ or similar, and these seem to be reasonably priced and they get decent reviews from people. Nothing stellar by Cisco/HP standards but they seem to get the job done at a nice price point for LACP and basic switching.
I don't have any information on the ZyXel switches but in my long term planning and research for building a setup using the 1815+ I have read of several people using this Cisco switch.
It isn't priced much different and I have seen several people use it in there setup in my searching of forums and blogs. Not sure it is of any help but figured I would share.
Why does one need LACP with gigabyte switch speeds?
One advantage is if you have several users using the NAS system or doing large transfers while streaming a movie off using PLEX on the 1815+ Stogie is using. It just helps to allows multiple users to get full possible bandwidth to the connected storage. It is probably overkill in most single user home setups. However, this is also a hobby and just fun to play around with for some of us too. Not sure if Stogie is using his at home or for a small business either.
It isn't priced much different and I have seen several people use it in there setup in my searching of forums and blogs. Not sure it is of any help but figured I would share.
You rock, thanks!
In terms of LACP needs, I will have multiple computers reading and writing large (10-1000+GB) data sets from the device simultaneously (small business usage, not home movies, etc.) and I need to be able to approach realistic upper limits of the Gigabit connection while working from simultaneous user machines. Yes Fiber would be a great option to/from the NAS, but currently the costs outweigh the benefits.
My friend works at TP Link so when I was shopping for switches I crosshopped between Cisco, TP Link, Zyxel, etc. I ended up with a non managed TPLink Switch that he was able to get for me at a nice price but they might have a managed switch that will fit your budget too. Build quality of the enclosure is excellent and warranty is great too. So much that when I was looking for a wired VPN router, I went back to him to get one.
I need to set up this managed switch and also set up a wifi AP.
The switch does not handle DHCP and I do not have a DHCP server.
My wired machines all have static IP addresses.
Some of my wifi devices do not have static IP address
Guest's wifi devices will not have static IP addresses.
Is there a reason NOT to attach the wireless AP with DHCP downstream from the switch and simply give it a range of DHCP assignable IP addresses outside the range used for the static assignments?
How significant will the risk be that a guest on the wifi (assuming it has the capability for a "guest network") will be able to access shared drives, etc. on the internal network?
Is there a reason to place the AP and DHCP upstream from the switch (and again give it a pool of assignable IPs outside the range of the statics)?
Last edited by stogie1020; 11-30-2016 at 05:22 PM.
The way I have seen corporate type access points handle guest wifi is like you are describing. The access point will have a dedicated DHCP server for the Guest network that is not a part of your private LAN. It will then have a firewall rule that prevents users on the guest network from gaining access to your lan. It will only allow the guest network to access the internet. There may also be an option that disallows devices on the guest network from communicating with other devices on the guest network.
I have at least one device (MBP) that will be on wifi and will need to access the internal network.
My hope is that the router/AP will have a regular and also a guest network, blocking the guest network from accessing internal resources but allowing the regular network to pass the traffic to the resources.
Looks like my home Netgear R6300 has this, so hopefully it will be pretty easy to set up on a different router:
Last edited by stogie1020; 11-30-2016 at 06:22 PM.
For some reason I thought the managed switch would be able to handle the routing. I don't know why I thought that.
I will place the now-ordered wireless router between the modem and the switch, as I think it should be.
Cannot believe I didn't put 2 and 2 together from the start.
Ordered a Netgear R6400-100NAS AC1750 router from Newegg for $110.
What's funny is that for the life of me I couldn't get the switch to take the IP 10.0.1.1. It takes 10.0.1.2 no problem... That should have been my clue that there needs to be something upstream.
If you want your AP downstream, then you'll have to have some sort of DHCP server or router upstream to serve DHCP requests or none of your stuff will have IP addresses. For my home network, I have an ASUS wireless router/AP set downstream from my 16 port gigabit switch downstream from a VPN router downstream from the cable modem . Wireless router set up as an AP because the VPN router is serving as DHCP server.
I can but the same device will be serving DHCP requests. I can point the switch to the DHCP IP (I assume I can point it to a downstream IP), but it would be easier to have the router/wifi between the modem and the switch and simply enable guest network on the wifi, no? What is the advantage of the separate VLAN over using the Guest feature, assuming I am rarely going to be having anyone use the Guest (in fact, I may leave it disabled most of the time). Also, will not be broadcasting the non-Guest SSID.
If I had a separate router and AP, I would totally agree but for my usage, that would be overkill. Eventually I will add a firewall/router instead of the router/wifi, and then I will move the wifi as an AP to a VLAN.
Last edited by stogie1020; 12-02-2016 at 09:52 AM.
And disabling DHCP isn't much of a security feature especially if your router still uses common internal IP address schemes like 192.168.0.x, .1.x, .2.x, 10.0.0.x, 10.10.0.x, or 172.16.11.x https://www.maketecheasier.com/does-...rove-security/
Got it all hooked up, everything is working well. I still need to set up port forwarding for one machine and mess around with VLANs, but for now things seem stable.
04-25-2016, 07:44 PM
