ᐅ 4 residential units and only one internet connection— is legal separation possible?
Created on: 6 Dec 2020 13:08
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Hello,
some of you might still remember what my brother and I are currently building. It is a duplex with a total of 4 residential units.
We are currently considering having just one internet connection for all the units (which will be rented out fully furnished and inclusive) and sharing it among them. From a technical standpoint, separating the connections properly is no problem at all (I will set up an appropriate router/firewall myself), but I am unsure about the legal aspects and how this can be arranged.
I’m not overly worried about it, but the “devil is in the details.”
For my customers, I usually recommend “legally safe” guest Wi-Fi solutions like “Freifunk routers.” However, these limit the bandwidth too much.
That’s why I would prefer, if possible, another solution here. Fortunately, the available bandwidth is 500 Mbit/s (gigabit fiber from Vodafone).
If this is allowed, I would order the connection as a business line since I need a fixed IPv4 address anyway and then share it with the other units.
some of you might still remember what my brother and I are currently building. It is a duplex with a total of 4 residential units.
We are currently considering having just one internet connection for all the units (which will be rented out fully furnished and inclusive) and sharing it among them. From a technical standpoint, separating the connections properly is no problem at all (I will set up an appropriate router/firewall myself), but I am unsure about the legal aspects and how this can be arranged.
I’m not overly worried about it, but the “devil is in the details.”
For my customers, I usually recommend “legally safe” guest Wi-Fi solutions like “Freifunk routers.” However, these limit the bandwidth too much.
That’s why I would prefer, if possible, another solution here. Fortunately, the available bandwidth is 500 Mbit/s (gigabit fiber from Vodafone).
If this is allowed, I would order the connection as a business line since I need a fixed IPv4 address anyway and then share it with the other units.
In a multi-family building, a corresponding main connection from the utility provider is usually installed.
The tenant or owner then signs the contract they prefer. The tenant also installs their own hardware.
They have complete freedom of choice.
If this is not taken into account, it can of course be solved using a router and VLANs. The same applies to Wi-Fi.
The problem is that tenants should not have access to the configuration, while theoretically, you have access to “their” network.
This approach really only makes sense in multi-family buildings where only family members live and all parties (at least theoretically) have access to the configuration.
The tenant or owner then signs the contract they prefer. The tenant also installs their own hardware.
They have complete freedom of choice.
If this is not taken into account, it can of course be solved using a router and VLANs. The same applies to Wi-Fi.
The problem is that tenants should not have access to the configuration, while theoretically, you have access to “their” network.
This approach really only makes sense in multi-family buildings where only family members live and all parties (at least theoretically) have access to the configuration.
rick2018 schrieb:
And theoretically, you have access to "their" network.If I, as a "regular" internet user, am careless, other people can also access "my" network; otherwise, in both cases, this is unlikely. The fact that the user ("tenant") uses their own hardware does not really make a difference; they simply connect their router not to a DSL or cable connection but to the landlord’s LAN outlet. Honestly, I don’t see a real difference here. In this way, the landlord would effectively also be the ISP, although in this particular case the necessary expertise seems to be available. Topics like SLAs might also be relevant, but those can be managed as well.I see it more like "furnished living" or a hotel situation. The great advantage is that you only need to bring one suitcase and can start right away. No need to set up water, electricity, or internet. Your data is handled by many parties anyway, whether it's the landlord or your ISP, so it doesn't make a huge difference.
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