General Questions

Hello m0n0 people.

I've been dabbling with Linux for a couple of weeks and saw m0n0 at distro watch.  I remembered seeing threads on it over at ArsTechnica and found a Nokia IP110 (with a Nokia IP120 lid, so I didn't get what I expected, but it was cheap so I can't bitch too much) on eBay.  I ordered the plate that goes in the HD spot and got a buddy's old CF card to use with it.  I also ordered a USB <> 9pin serial cable, a gender adapter and an IDE -> CF adapter for the loading.  I bought a new "watch" battery to replace the one that was in there, just in case.

I have a router, a couple switches and a router/wireless access point combo.  I plan on picking up another access point* before putting m0n0wall in to use.

Questions:

1) Do I need any other gear to get started?
2) Do I need the other access point or can I give the wireless computers I want to have local network access static IPs and approve them on m0n0wall?
3) What is the smartest way (for a newbie) to allocate the three network connections on the IP120?  WAN, LAN (non secure wireless access point/router) and LAN (secure)?  Will I then need two different routers to assign IPs on each LAN port?
4) If I have a "public" LAN port, can I cap traffic and/or make it a low priority to the WAN?  Can I limit activity to only a few ports?  (i.e. 80 and 8080 only, medium priority and 50kbps max)
5) Just because I'm rusty... generic networking question, can I daisy chain switches with regular Ethernet or do I need a crossover cable to connect switches?
6) With the PPTP functionality can I have anything from the WAN coming in appear to always be the same IP?  AKA, can I have it to where any VPN requests always look like they're coming from 192.168.1.109?

1. You will need a switch to plug in multiple computers.
2. Access points -- If you plug in another access point, you can still use MAC address controls. Just be sure that the other access point, if it is a router-gets put into pure access point mode. This means shut off DHCP and don't use the WAN port.
3. ...
4. Use the traffic shaping feature.
5. Yes, you can daisy chain most modern switches. No need for crossover cables these days with AutoMDX or whatever it is called.
6. I believe it is like that already. I'll have to check sometime.