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[Discuss] Secure Wireless Router for Non-Profit



I want to thank everyone for the great responses and suggestions.  I think
most likely we will use physical ethernet cables for the office computers
and provide visitors with a separate wifi network.  I'm also going to
consider the VPN suggestion.

Best,
Will

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Julian Daich <
julian.daich at freecomputerlabs.org> wrote:

> 2017-09-15 16:09 GMT+02:00 Bill Horne <bill at horne.net>:
> > On 9/15/2017 9:31 AM, Will Rico wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm helping a non-profit which has a justifiably higher than typical
> fear
> >> of security threats.  They need a new wifi router, and I wonder what the
> >> BLU community might recommend?  The office is pretty small (2 rooms,
> maybe
> >> 5 connected computers at peak, usually fewer).
> >>
> >
> > They need a WiFi device which can tolerate frequent password changes,
> and a
> > strictly-enforced policy of changing the password at appropriate
> intervals.
> >
> > More importantly, they need a segmented LAN, proxy server, and
> token-access
> > controller to prevent employees or volunteers from adding devices or
> users
> > that aren't appropriate for their network.
> >
>
> A RPI with a DHCP server?
>
> Best,
>
> Julian
>
> > HTH.
> >
> > Bill
> >
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