On Saturday, Nov 30, 2002, at 00:51 US/Pacific, Clark Martin wrote: > I know it's bridging, I just call it a router as that is what they > are generally refered to as. They are really > router/bridge/switch/accesspoint if not more things too.
Ok, I always throw that in there because a lot of people are confused about it. >> Now I'm confused. If you want a router in between the wireless and >> wired sides of the internal LAN, the cheap internet routers won't do >> this. You could put the single-port Internet side on one side of the >> LAN and the wireless on the other, but that seems in conflict with >> what >> I understood you to be saying above. > > This is in case I use the router to connect to my broadband connection. Ok again... >> However, all of the internet routers I've dealt with *can* map >> different port maps to different internal IP addresses; not just one. >> The limitation they usually have is that they'll only pass unfiltered >> traffic to one IP address. > > > But they don't seem to be able to map from the WAN IP address/port to > a LAN IP address and a different port. Sure, that's exactly what they do. Both my Netgear and a super-cheap Gigafast internet router I have do this, as well as of course my Cisco 806 router which is what I actually use. You can define a source port, a destination port, and a destination IP address. The source IP address is determined by what you assigned to the WAN interface. I just went and double-checked to be sure - obviously the more common need is to simply forward an incoming port to the same port at a different address, but they do allow for changing the destination port as well. I imagine you should check the docs for the specific device you're considering, but it is a generally available feature. I don't recommend the Netgear only because some people report that it doesn't bridge AppleTalk frames (I don't use AppleTalk). Rumor is the older MR 314 does, but I wouldn't recommend that either because it's been obsoleted by the 814. KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
