Security for company laptop

I am currently sharing internet access through my Home PC via
satellite USB modems. Soon I will have DSL available in my area and,
at about the same time my Direcway one year committment will expire.

Previously I had a Linksys router/switch(4 port) connected directly to
a cable modem and was sharing internet through the router. This was at
a different house. We moved and did not have cable access. I was not
stupid enough to switch to satellite without a good reason

My company has since switched to a new laptop that I have to
synchronize to the home office computer, and they are extremely
paranoid about security. I am currently using a linksys wireless
access point router for a home wireless network. The company has the
laptop so locked up I can't even add a USB wireless adapter.

Once I get the DSL modem, is there a way I can connect the laptop via
cat5 cable to the internet, without providing access to the laptop
through the wireless network, using the router/switch between the
access point and the DSL modem as opposed to connecting the cat5 to
the accesspoint?

Russ

"Russell Patterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am currently sharing internet access through my Home PC via
> satellite USB modems. Soon I will have DSL available in my area and,
> at about the same time my Direcway one year committment will expire.
>
> Previously I had a Linksys router/switch(4 port) connected directly to
> a cable modem and was sharing internet through the router. This was at
> a different house. We moved and did not have cable access. I was not
> stupid enough to switch to satellite without a good reason
>
> My company has since switched to a new laptop that I have to
> synchronize to the home office computer, and they are extremely
> paranoid about security. I am currently using a linksys wireless
> access point router for a home wireless network. The company has the
> laptop so locked up I can't even add a USB wireless adapter.
>
> Once I get the DSL modem, is there a way I can connect the laptop via
> cat5 cable to the internet, without providing access to the laptop
> through the wireless network, using the router/switch between the
> access point and the DSL modem as opposed to connecting the cat5 to
> the accesspoint?
>
> Russ

If your company is so paranoid, then you must be using a secure VPN client.
What's the problem with connecting it directly to a wireless router? You
could also install firewall software (or use the OS's built-in firewall if
it's Win-doze XP).

For what it's worth, there are wireless devices that conect to your computer
via ethernet. They don't need drivers or other software, so that is
do-able. I'm sure the company wouldn't like it, but we won't tell. The
Linksys WET11 is one such device.

Bob

Bob <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> For what it's worth, there are wireless devices that conect to your computer
> via ethernet. They don't need drivers or other software, so that is
> do-able. I'm sure the company wouldn't like it, but we won't tell. The
> Linksys WET11 is one such device.

< http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Pro...rod=298&site=c >
SMC2671W - EZ Connect 2.4GHz Wireless Ethernet Adapter
Wireless Range Extender $69

No drivers, other than the one you already use for the wired ethernet port.

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