Router as an Access Point?
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From: John Navas on 3 Feb 2006 12:25 [POSTED TO alt.internet.wireless - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] In <nji2u11c2gde0fia812nnvukir7j495ja9(a)4ax.com> on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:57:18 +0000, Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:10:30 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , John >Navas <spamfilter0(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > >>In <upsvt11o9u2d8tpd6id5h743n1mtd9r93d(a)4ax.com> on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:35:01 >>+0000, Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >> >>>On 31 Jan 2006 11:13:36 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless , >>>jens_jansson(a)yahoo.se wrote: >>> >>>>Is it possible to use a router as an Access Point? >>> >>>Yes. A wireless router is simply an AP and a wired router in one box, >>>with the AP connected internally to one of the router's LAN ports. >> >>Actually the WAN port. > >Actually, no. The WAN port is where you plug in the internet, its on >the 'outside' of the router. For your wireless to be any use, it has >to be inside the router, ie on the LAN side. > >(I'm guessing you meant WLAN port. If so, bear in mind thats just a >LAN port on the switch). No, it was just brain fade on my part. [blush] I was thinking of something else entirely (partitioned wireless router that I recently worked on). You were correct. Thanks. -- Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless> |