Network within a network?

[Hoempfel]

Okay here is my situation;

Right now I live at home where there is a 'private' internet connection and I have all my things set up to it.

My desktop, laptop, tablet, NAS etc etc.

 

I will be moving into a student home where there is a wifi connection that is shared with the floor. In this case that would be ten people sharing the same wifi connection.

I already figured out how to use an wireless access point and a switch to convert the wifi signal into a wired connection, but is there also a way to have all my devices inside my own 'private' network?

I wouldn't like the idea of everyone being able to peek into the public folder of my NAS and other stuff.

 

Not all my devices have to be in this private network, but at least my desktop, laptop, raspberry pi (running raspbmc) and NAS should be, and that I can sync files over these devices.

 

If anyone can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Hazy125]

There are several options available to achieve this, a common method is setting up a VPN(Virtual Private Network). I personally like using services like WiTopia. However, currently I run my own virtual routers in a virtual machine to protect from all manner of things

[qwertywarrior]

There are several options available to achieve this, a common method is setting up a VPN(Virtual Private Network). I personally like using services like WiTopia. However, currently I run my own virtual routers in a virtual machine to protect from all manner of things

he wants to hide from the public network

 

VPN seems overkill

[qwertywarrior]

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https://encrypted.google.com/#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=9987fa636e2b0415&q=protect+yourself++public+network&safe=off

 

 

 

i know that linking google links is discouraged but ull find a lot of info on those links

[Hazy125]

he wants to hide from the public network

 

VPN seems overkill

I thought VPN because of the different devices he is using, if it was all just Windows stuff then there are a number of less "overkill" ways, but this seems to cover all bases in my opinion

[Ssoele]

Yes this is possible.

My suggestion would be, get a router and plug the devices that you want on your private network in on that router, they will be shielded from the rest of the network, but you will have to look out.

 

There are 3 IP-ranges that are available for local networks, 10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 and 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255. Most consumer routers use the later, this because that usually don't need the space.

It is possible to use the same network ranges within each other, but is not recommended. It can cause some problems if you want to access PC's that are in the first network.

[qwertywarrior]

Yes this is possible.

My suggestion would be, get a router and plug the devices that you want on your private network in on that router, they will be shielded from the rest of the network, but you will have to look out.

 

There are 3 IP-ranges that are available for local networks, 10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 and 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255. Most consumer routers use the later, this because that usually don't need the space.

It is possible to use the same network ranges within each other, but is not recommended. It can cause some problems if you want to access PC's that are in the first network.

how can one do that ?

any guide you recommend on the net ?

[rufee]

The simplest option is to get another router then you are set.

There are ways to combine receiving on wireless routing on wired, but i don't think DD-WRT can cut it.

[Ssoele]

Installation guide:

1. Get a wireless receiver (with ethernet connector) and a router.

2. Plug the cable from the receiver to the WAN port on the router.

3. Plug all the devices that you want private in on the LAN ports of the router, if you don't have enough ports on your router, get a switch and connect that one to one of your LAN ports.

4. Celebrate with cake.

[Hoempfel]

Did't knew it'd be that easy  ;)

Thanks everyone for the tips, I'll update once I have it set up