On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Bill Barry wrote: > I am still confused. > Which is it? > A) Asus is the only router and it should get an outside address.
No. If that was the case there'd be no problem with it. > B) There is another router and it gets the outside address and the Asus is > better replaced with a nice cheap switch from Free Geek. No. Free Geek has cheap switches that accept wireless connections? I've always used a Linksys WRT54G or GC. Didn't know a "cheap switch" worked on a radio. > C) your network modem also doubles as a router but you don't want to use its > routing capabilities. So it should be in bridging mode. No. No. No. The DSL "modem" is connected to the NetGear VFS-318 router/bridge/firewall. > Or D)? Yes. The wireless AP is a node on the local network. It acts as a bridge between the wireless laptop and the rest of the LAN, plus accessing the 'Net via the NetGear gateway. This has worked very well for a dozen or so years. However, the Linksys routers failed (both the little ones apparenly died) and the Asus replaces the failed AP. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
