Re: Router/Switch/WAP confusion ...

Steve wrote:
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:03:41 -0000, "Dr Zoidberg"
<AlexNOOOO!!!!!!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You could do without the switch and just plug the wireless access point directly into the router on the end of a long cable.
If you plan on moving a lot of stuff between server and laptops though , I'd still have a switch in the second room so the laptops can plug in for faster speeds.

Also , see if you can get a wireless access point that has a four or five port switch built in. Only a single device for your second room , albeit at a higher cost

Or in fact just get a second wireless router and disable the DHCP and routing to do the same job

Thanks Alex

One thing I don't understand about this approach is that wireless
routers seem to have 1 WAN port and (eg) 4 LAN ports.

I always assumed the WAN port had to be plugged into an ADSL modem
(which I can't do as the existing modem/router is a combined unit).
Are you saying the WAN port can plug into a normal RJ45 cable that's
plugged into a LAN port of the modem/router in the first room?

Are LAN and WAN ports the same?

There are two types of consumer routers - ones with a built in ADSL modem for the WAN connection, and ones with an ethernet WAN port instead (usually used with cable modems). With an ethernet router as the second router, you have two choices:

1. Connect first router to WAN port of second router.
2. Connect first router to LAN port of second router, disable DHCP on first router.

With option 1 you have two layers of NAT (address translation), so Windows networking and UPNP won't work between devices connected to different routers, and manual port forwarding is a pain. Internet access will still work though.

Option 2 is usually the better choice. Essentially you're not using the routing part of the second router, just the switch and the AP. The first router handles all the address translation, DHCP and port-forwarding.


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John Jordan
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