Hi,
Normally I use FreeBSD and "build my own" 802.11 AP using ath0 in AP mode. But for one system it's low end and out of PCI slots. I also need 802.11N for this now. It's for someone remote, and I don't get there often.
I had old LinkSys WRT300N that is working as a router. What I want is to not use the WAN port, disable DHCP Server and plug one of the LAN "numbered ports" into the 8 port GigE switch used to connect to the current FreeBSD router which does NAT to the ISP, uses dhcpd to hands out address etc.
Right now, LinkSys connects via the WAN port (and thus NAT) and doles out it's own DHCP addresses. Good enough until my next visit. But the LAN ports, due to NAT, don't see other LAN ports for e.g. NetBIOS.
On the Cisco site, I've found a how to type article (and have the manual.) Turning off DHCP Server on LinkSys should be trivial. What I've read confuses me regarding NAT. It says turn NAT off (and possibly something else to do related to routing.)
Why would this be needed? For cost reasons, I'm guessing those 10/100 ports are just an off the shelf part, and will simply switch WiFi and other 10/100 traffic to the other ports.
Anyone else using this (or similar) LinkSys in such a fashion? I'll try myself when I get there again, and see what happens. But figured I'd ask here and learn anything I can first.
Thanks.
Normally I use FreeBSD and "build my own" 802.11 AP using ath0 in AP mode. But for one system it's low end and out of PCI slots. I also need 802.11N for this now. It's for someone remote, and I don't get there often.
I had old LinkSys WRT300N that is working as a router. What I want is to not use the WAN port, disable DHCP Server and plug one of the LAN "numbered ports" into the 8 port GigE switch used to connect to the current FreeBSD router which does NAT to the ISP, uses dhcpd to hands out address etc.
Right now, LinkSys connects via the WAN port (and thus NAT) and doles out it's own DHCP addresses. Good enough until my next visit. But the LAN ports, due to NAT, don't see other LAN ports for e.g. NetBIOS.
On the Cisco site, I've found a how to type article (and have the manual.) Turning off DHCP Server on LinkSys should be trivial. What I've read confuses me regarding NAT. It says turn NAT off (and possibly something else to do related to routing.)
Why would this be needed? For cost reasons, I'm guessing those 10/100 ports are just an off the shelf part, and will simply switch WiFi and other 10/100 traffic to the other ports.
Anyone else using this (or similar) LinkSys in such a fashion? I'll try myself when I get there again, and see what happens. But figured I'd ask here and learn anything I can first.
Thanks.