No.
First off it is a switching port so knows how to handle the traffic.
The output port on the hub will send a signal to the wan port on the
router which is an IN port.
When you turn it into an AP . It turns the hub part off thereby
turning those ports off on it.
A hub essentially manges the traffic to and from the
server/router. The router routes the traffic to the modem.
So a hub will send the traffic to the AP which in turn will manage
the wireless traffic and send it back the same way.
(If it is not an accurate portrayal please someone help. I am not a
techy in those terms.)
Stewart
At 04:42 PM 2/7/2009, you wrote:
OK, I agree that I need to turn off DHCP on the "slave" router and
give it a different ID from the "master". But now you are suggesting
that I go from the WAN port on the wired/wireless "slave" to an "in"
port on the router. While that sounds logical, I am wondering if the
electronics on the WAN port can deal hand off to the "in" port the
router? Isn't the WAN port set up to deal with some kind of
specialized connections "handshake" from the ISP's "modem"? (I am
asking this out of ignorance.)
Mike
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Most wireless routers can be set up to act as an Access point only
and do no routing.
This would be the preferred setting along with security WPA TKIP
Along with the caveats that Tom and others mentioned it is not that
difficult.
Plug router in from port on hub to wan on router. Get into router
view web, set security and then turn it into access point
only. (Turns off DHCP)
Stewart
At 12:58 PM 2/7/2009, you wrote:
I have an office with an 8-port Ethernet router on a broadband
cable connection. I have been requested the ability to provide
some wireless capability temporarily (for outside auditors). I
have a spare 4-port wired/wireless Linksys broadband router, and I
was wondering if I could "daisy-chain" the latter to the former by
using a cross-over cable between one of the Ethernet ports on each
unit. I know that I can daisy chain Ethernet hubs this way, but
have not ever tried to do it with wireless (802.11a/b/g/n) connections.
My other thought is to plug the wired/wireless into the broadband
connection and then patch the 8-port hub into that.
Before I start chasing "the impossible dream", I was wondering if
anyone had tried it or had any thoughts.
Mike
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