Doesn't matter. You won't be using the WAN port, and the firewall is logically positioned between the WAN and LAN segments.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] router setup help > > > should I also disable the firewall? Thanks > w > > At 05:27 PM 4/18/2010, you wrote: > >Disable DHCP on the N router, and don't use it as a router at all. > Leave the > >WAN port unused. Assign it an unused LAN-side IP address in the > 192.168.1.x > >subnet for management. Plug everything into the LAN-side ports. That > puts > >everything on the same subnet and all served by your (presumably) > existing > >DHCP server. > > > >You can't find consumer/SOHO access points only anymore, only > "routers", so > >that's what I did on my DIR-655. As a side note, I've been able to > push > >220mbit/s through that device with an Intel 5300 wireless card using > two > >20MHz channels. Impressive IMO. > > > >Greg > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight > > > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 6:16 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [H] router setup help > > > > > > I have a Linksys G wireless router setup 192.168.1.x for my LAN. It > > > has wireless disabled. Now I plug in a n router into one of the > ports > > > on the Linksys and set it up at 192.168.5.x and I enable wireless > on > > > the n router, and run the router fifty feet away. I not only use > the > > > wireless N router but also the ports to plug a PC, BD player, and > > > a TV into. I want the n router, both wireless, and wired to have > > > access to the Linksys LAN. Should I disable the firewall on the N > > > router, and leave DHCP enabled? > > > thanks > > > w
