Re: Router as an Access Point?
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In <shuvt1pkl2gddtfi1u0r3sde225uql79if@xxxxxxx> on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:14:08
-0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>jens_jansson@xxxxxxxx hath wroth:
>
>>Is it possible to use a router as an Access Point?
>
>Yes.
Some are much easier than others; e.g., SonicWALL has a specific configuration
option for the use of multiple public IPs on multiple internal clients while
preserving firewall, filtering, and management functions.
>>I have 100 mbit broadband (no modem or such) one point (soccet) with 5
>>dynamic public IP addresses from my ISP.
It may be a 100 Mb connection, but the available bandwidth is almost certainly
much less than that.
>Access points work on MAC address layer and know nothing about IP
>addresses. The only thing the IP address in an access point does is
>help with the web based setup and management. If you plug a typical
>access point into your 5 IP address connection, you'll have all 5 IP
>addresses available at the client computers.
That's because they work as a bridge.
>>I want both my computers (one connected wireless to my router, the
>>other one connected by wire) to use public IP's.
>>As it is now I can only get it to work when using the router to supply
>>DHCP and thereby recieving private IP's for both computers.
>
>In theory, your ISP's DHCP server is smart enough to know if an IP
>address has been issued to you and to not re-use it until the lease
>has expired or until it's released. Therefore, you should be able to
>plug in both computahs, set them for DHCP clients, and your ISP should
>issue each one a different IP address.
That depends. ISP DHCP implementations based on MAC addresses only work well
if the router doesn't interfere. There are different potential problems if
DHCP Client ID is based on something like hostname.
>>I have a Dlink 524, (4lan ports 1wan and 6wirelss)
>
>[big SNIP]
Easier to simply get a true Access Point (bridge).
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