I am in the process of trying to divide up my home network into two 'zones' - One for adults and one for the kids. This is a basic MS Windows Home workgroup with various consumer routers and such.
The first plan was in theory to have a subnet for the kids. A primary 192.168.0.x network would have a connection to the WAN port of another WiFi router ( Netgear WNR2000 ). I would configure the router to have a 192.168.0 WAN interface and an internal space of 192.168.1.x - The Netgear has settings to block services according to a schedule and I could use OpenDNS on that router for further control. It all sounded great... in theory.
It worked intermittently and the Level 2 support from netgear has been nonexistant. I put this query out there and someone suggested I look at the ASG product for home use.
While I'm very impressed and intimidated by the firewall and capabilities, I'm not sure I'm going about setting it up according to best practices.
First of all, instead of putting it between the incoming cable modem and the network, I have inserted it between the .0.x and .1.x networks, using the LAN port on the WNR2000 WiFi router this time. When I connect wirelessly to this router / access point now I cannot 'pass through' to the home segment.
I'm thinking I missed a static route to the main gateway or something. A 'bridge'? A larger subnet mask? I'm a bit out of my depth.
Additionally, I wonder if I should be using VLANs and place the ASG box at the default post-modem location. It seemed easy to have a rule apply to an entire network address ( i.e. the kids on 192.168.1.x ) but maybe that isn't the most efficient.
Any help for the noob?
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