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i have a wireless network at home. I work from home through a vpn. my kids come over with their friends and allow them access to my network by sharing the pass phrase. I need to know if I could set up a separate network for them to use with out having to purchase more or new equipment.

Tamara Wijsman
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In short, you'll need more equipment.

Sirex
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It could be possible depending on the router you have. However it will not be easy. I think your best chance is try a custom firmware supported by your router, probably dd-wrt, check the documentation and try to follow some tutorials.

Another possibility is to get a router that creates two wifi networks. Some solutions to share the Internet connection works that way like the fonera. It will create a public network for everyone with a Fon account and a private network for you. It's not a very clean solution but is probably the easiest without expensive hardware.

A "No solution" that will just mitigate the problem is to change the parameters of the router momentarily so you have a different network when they are connected. There could be some conflicts and not be a practical solution if it has to be done many times or if your goal is preventing the other computers from accessing the same LAN and not just protect the pass phrase.

mariom
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Unless you have a router with multiple radios (like the D-Link DIR-825 which has one radio for B/G/N and another for A) then you cannot setup "dual" wireless networks without purchasing more hardware.

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