Router
Chapel requires the use of a router
because the radio transceiver we use
does not block non-Internet protocols
(such as Windows' Netbeui) or Ethernet
broadcast packets. For security reasons,
you do not want this traffic getting
onto the FireCracker wireless network.
For performance and reliability reasons,
we want that traffic to be blocked.
Additional benefits of the router
include firewall protection as well as
multiple Ethernet ports and IP Addresses
to allow multiple computers to be online
at the same time.
If you get the router from Chapel, it
will be a NetGear model FR-314 or
similar, which is a router and 4
port Ethernet switch.
