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I'm needing to connect two houses on the same property together, about 1400ft apart. I need to simultaneously access and login to a Quickbooks file on the other computer all using Windows, and of course cloud storage doesn't work with Quickbooks. We're going to put up a wireless bridge outside to connect the houses together. Each location has their own internet and preferably use their own internet.
I'm trying to find the best way to configure the network at each household. Should I configure each with their own subnet? I.E. 192.168.1.# and 192.168.2.#? Then somehow program a static route in a router so one computer can see the shared directory of another computer on the other network? But I thought on routers you have to disable NAT and/or DHCP in able to program a static route which may cause issues.
Or should I install a router in the middle of the bridge and have the bridge go through the WAN port so I could possibly block ports 67 and 68 that are responsible for DHCP so one household doesn't get a DHCP IP from the other household and keep both on the same subnet?
Or should I enable DHCP at both locations and assign one household from .1 to .128 and other household .128 to .254? I don't know how that would work to keep DHCP isolated to their own house.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Does the house with QuickBooks need access to anything in the house that doesn't have QuickBooks? – I say Reinstate Monica – 2018-02-16T01:54:55.507
It would be best and easiest if you had a wireless bridge that works at layer 3 and can filter packets and also do ARP relay. Then you just put all the computers on the same network address but you block DHCP broadcasts across the bridge. All computers will see each other but be able to continue using their individual internet connections in this case. You could simulate this by using something like a MikroTik switch or router on one end of the bridge. – Appleoddity – 2018-02-16T02:00:32.900
Make model number of the bridges please? it will help to give a non-generic answer. – Tim_Stewart – 2018-02-16T02:25:45.977
@Tim_Stewart Not sure of the model of the bridge yet. I'm assuming it'll just pass everything from port to port. Maybe I'll see if I can get more info on the bridges. It would be nice if they can be configured like a router can. – MrTom – 2018-02-20T21:53:40.787