Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
From: =?Utf-8?B?QW50ZWF1cw==?=
Date: Friday, November 16, 2007 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Creating a wireless hotspot on my network

This has been covered extensively in a previous post.

The most secure approach is double-NAT -Two routers daisy-chained, with your
LAN at the far end, public access in the middle. To do this you need a second
NAT router of the ethernet-in, ethernet-out type.

Approaches using an IP-based firewall may be adequate, but do take into
consideration that wireless IPs can be manually set (to be within the
priveleged range) instead of using DHCP. Also, if an internal computer loses
its IP address and reverts to DHCP, will this put it into the public zone,
and therefore at risk?