Re: WAP versus wireless router
- From: "Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:39:34 GMT
"Bob" <tecolote@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:v5Msj.15$QC.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Looking to set up a "hybrid" network at home. I will use my current Ethernet and wish to add wireless function to remote desktop where I can't get wires without an unsightly messI have a hybrid setup here. D-link wired router talks to the outside, then a few desktop units wired to it. D-link does any dhcp requests.
I thought all I needed was a Wireless Access Point (such as Linksys WAP54G) but then I saw a Linksys WRT54g wireless router that is described to have "three in one" functionality. Those three functions are:
- WAP
- route
- 4 port switch
The WAP54G is about 20$ more expensive than the WRT54g, yet the WAP54g appears to have only one function (it's a wireless access point)
The WRT54g is cheaper yet is advertised to offer more functions.
My question is this: Instead of buying the more expensive WAP, can I just plug my cable modem into the WRT54G and use one of the 4 ports to Ethernet my nearby desktop in addition to wirelessly connecting the remote desktop to the net?
thx in advance
bob
One of the 4 lan ports on the D-link goes to a LAN port on the Linksys - NOT the uplink port.
Other 3 ports can be used to plug a wired ethernet connection for a visiting computer that does not have wireless.
For the linksys, turn on WPA and related, turn off firewall, and turn off dhcp
I have the D-link as 192.169.0.1, and the Linksys as 192.168.0.2. Default for the linksys is 192.168.1.1, which puts it on a different subnet here - ok if you want internet access only, but I also need to access my wired file/print server
I can turn the Linksys off, or reset it, and the rest of the network is not affected.
You can use the Linksys as your internet access point router/firewall, and it will be both a wired hub and wireless access point. Only problem is that the preferred location for you wired hub may give very poor wireless signal to where you want to work. For the few extra $$, I like to be able to move the wireless to the best spot within the restraint of cables.
Stuart
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