[Cialug] Network Layout

[Tom Pohl]

Actually, if you disable the DHCP server on the WRT54GS and use one of 
the switch ports instead of the WAN port to connect to the firewall, it 
will act just like an AP in bridge mode :)

-Tom

On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Claus wrote:

> On 1/4/2005 12:26 AM, Don Cady wrote:
>>> Network Layout (proposal):
>>> ==========================
>>> Best is to look at a picture of it at:
>>> http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cniesen/future-network.jpg
>> Neat picture, howdya make it?!
>
> I'd rather not tell. :) (MS Visio, because it was available.)
>
> The question wether the WLAN access point shoud run its own DHCP 
> server seems to be a mute point as the Linksys WRT54GS doesn't has a 
> bridging unless I get the Sveasoft firmware for $20 but that seems to 
> be silly if I'm just going to make it a dumb bridge.  So I'll end up 
> with NAT and DHCP and pray that double NATing doesn't give me to much 
> problems.
>
>   Claus
>
> PS: All references of WAN im my original post should have been WLAN.
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