[Cialug] Network Layout

[Claus]

On 1/6/2005 11:37 AM, Sam Callahan wrote:
>>Well, that's what all the documentation is saying but what exactly is
>>the WRT54GS doing differently?  Because the gateway mode also works when
>>connecting the WAN port to another router/network while DHCP and NAT is
>>enabled on the WRT54GS.
>>
>>Specifically for my case I'd be interested if there is any difference
>>between the gateway and route mode when I use the WLAN and LAN ports
>>while having the WRT54GS connedted to my local LAN via one of the LAN
>>ports and not the WAN port.  Do the LAN ports act like a switch, hub, ...?
> 
> 
>>From what I get from a quick scan of the docs in gateway mode anything not
> for the local lan (switch ports or wireless) gets sent out the wan port. In
> router mode anything not for the local lan (switch ports or wireless) goes
> out the wan port using dynamic routing or static routes you define. In my
> case I have a linksys router with 4 lan (switch) ports with the wan being my
> dsl connection. I have a wrt54g connected to this router using one of the
> wrt54g lan ports along with 2 servers. The wrt54g is basically a switch that
> happens to provide a wireless connection along with lan ports. I don't have
> anything connected to the wan port.

Aha, so basically in that setup the choice between gateway mode and 
router mode doesn't affect anything.