To clarify, there's no reason why they couldn't place a firewall layer between the wireless and wired LAN interfaces--most just don't for your consumer/SOHO level gear, since few users have a need for that complexity. There are some devices that do support such a configuration.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] router setup help > > Ok thanks Greg, I learned something... it is working great now. > w > > > At 08:33 PM 4/18/2010, you wrote: > >No. The wireless and wired are both LAN. Firewall is only relevant > when you > >have the WAN interface up. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Winterlight > > > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:59 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [H] router setup help > > > > > > > > > So the firewall doesn't come into play with the wireless enabled? > > > m > > > > > > At 06:44 PM 4/18/2010, you wrote: > > > >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
