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A few preinstall questions, UTM Home

dundermifflin
First I would like to outline basic layout of my home network:

PCs and an xbox connected to 5-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Desktop Switch.

Switch connected to TalkTalk wireless router on one of the LAN Ports. 

3 Phones and an iPad connected wirelessly to the network via the wireless router which currently handles DHCP for all clients on the network.

Questions

(1) I have an old PC with two NICs which I want to use as my UTM box. Should both NICs be connected to ports on the Switch?

(2) Because the router is also currently the wireless access point as well do this mean that mean that wireless connections cannot be controlled by the UTM? Is having a router that is also a WAP an issue?

Thanks,
Joe


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    The Wireless Router would need to have DHCP disabled and then you connect the WAN cable to the WAN Interface on your UTM firewall. The LAN on the UTM would connect to the LAN Switch. The router would effectively just become a Wireless Access Point.
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    The Wireless Router would need to have DHCP disabled and then you connect the WAN cable to the WAN Interface on your UTM firewall. The LAN on the UTM would connect to the LAN Switch. The router would effectively just become a Wireless Access Point.
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