I have several wireless devices to be monitored. As I was reading your wireless deployment of WFilter, I realized that I need to add a wired router in front my switch, and turn my wireless router to an AP.
Now I plan on making my current router the wireless access point. If my former router becomes my ap and it is pluged into the switch; will I have any problem with this device if I can not shut down the routing functions. If a router is plugged into a switch then it should just control the traffic on that part of the switch. I plan on putting a more powerful router in front of the switch. I want to use my old router as the ap because it is dual band N and I like it. I also like that it will not cost me any more money. What do you think? Am I correct in my theory?
Turn a wireless router to an AP and disble the routering functions
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Turn a wireless router to an AP and disble the routering functions
My previous network topology is: adsl <=> wireless router <=> mangeable switch <=> computers, this topology can not monitor wireless devices.
Now I am trying to turn the network topology to: adsl <=> wired router <=> manageable switch <=> wireless AP.
Now I am trying to turn the network topology to: adsl <=> wired router <=> manageable switch <=> wireless AP.
Turn a wireless router to an AP and disble the routering functions
My switch is NETGEAR GS108T, and I can monitor the wired computers right now. What I am trying to do is to monitor the wireless devices.
Turn a wireless router to an AP and disble the routering functions
If you can not shutdown the routering feature, all wireless devices will be translated to a same IP address.
Actually, it is simple to disable routering feature even there is no such an option in web UI of your router: you only need leave the WAN port disconnected, and connect one LAN port of your wireless router to the switch. By doing this, the wireless router is turned to a wireless switch, and no ip address will be translated. There are some another things to notice:
1). Now you have two routers with two gateway ip addresses(maybe the same in default), please don't make them duplicated(but still needs to be in one subnet). For example, one with 192.168.1.1, another with 192.168.1.2 .
2). As both of the two routers provide DHCP services, you need to disable the wireless one, or divide the DHCP ip address ranges.
Actually, it is simple to disable routering feature even there is no such an option in web UI of your router: you only need leave the WAN port disconnected, and connect one LAN port of your wireless router to the switch. By doing this, the wireless router is turned to a wireless switch, and no ip address will be translated. There are some another things to notice:
1). Now you have two routers with two gateway ip addresses(maybe the same in default), please don't make them duplicated(but still needs to be in one subnet). For example, one with 192.168.1.1, another with 192.168.1.2 .
2). As both of the two routers provide DHCP services, you need to disable the wireless one, or divide the DHCP ip address ranges.
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