On 12/12/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, December 12, 2006 9:05 am, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> I think you misunderstand the application of "infrastructure mode".
> One ususally sets wirless NICs to infrastructure mode, and they work
> with a WAP as their home base. The WAP is configured for wired
> network in (usually called WAN port) and wireless out. It is not
> usual to set up the box in the reverse configuration, wireless in and
> wired out. That is what seems to be meant by setting the WAP/router
> to "infrastructure mode".
>
Is this why I've never been successful in daisy chaining a switch off of
my D-Link router to expand the number of ports? Because there is a setting
inside the router?
Presumably the router has a WAN port which is connected to whatever
you use for Internet service.
Small, simple words in the answers, please. It's me.
Zero-order simple question. Do you need a crossover cable to connect
from a port on the router to the input port of the switch? Some
switches auto-sense, some have a push-button switch to do the
crossover.
Works for me. I have a Netgear WAP/router/fireweall with 2 computers
and an 8-port switch connected to its 4 wired LAN ports. The 8-port
switch has at the moment 7 cables connected to it, one of which is the
input from the router. Three of the others are connected to various
things like printers and a laptop computer. The rest are just hanging
around waiting.
Something that has to be done in the setup of the router/firewall is
to decide which of the computers attached to it receives unsolicited
input from the outside world. I don't know if this might be part of
your problem.
In the other room across the house I have the wireless bridge, which
has a 5-port switch and two computers. Something that I haven't tried
because I haven't had a need for it yet is communicating by ssh from
the main system to one of the computers in the back room.
Sometimes I think I have too many computers. :-)
carl
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