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I've got both a little Linksys wireless router (BFSW11S4) and a Dlink
DI-624. They're both wireless routers, right?
If I plug a cable modem into one of these "routers", all my wireless
clients can see the entire LAN - as well as the internet. Cool. It's
routing wireless to the LAN. Or acting a a bridge I suppose.
But take away the cable modem, and all bets are off. It then somehow
kills the bridge from Wireless into ethernet. So it ain't just the
WAN (internet) that dies when you pull the Cable modem - but also
access from wireless to Ethernet. Go figure.
You see, I've got a Cisco 2425 I use for my internet stuff - and two
wireless SOHO routers (boat anchors) that all of a sudden can't be
used for even simple wireless. Is this for real?
Thinking I might route at the IP level, I even tried establishing a
route on the Di-624 from Wireless-ethernet, but it won't accept it.
Is this why these little gizmos are only $40? But an AccessPoint that
WILL bridge is $120 ?
Jezz, I give up.
I've got both a little Linksys wireless router (BFSW11S4) and a Dlink
DI-624. They're both wireless routers, right?
If I plug a cable modem into one of these "routers", all my wireless
clients can see the entire LAN - as well as the internet. Cool. It's
routing wireless to the LAN. Or acting a a bridge I suppose.
But take away the cable modem, and all bets are off. It then somehow
kills the bridge from Wireless into ethernet. So it ain't just the
WAN (internet) that dies when you pull the Cable modem - but also
access from wireless to Ethernet. Go figure.
You see, I've got a Cisco 2425 I use for my internet stuff - and two
wireless SOHO routers (boat anchors) that all of a sudden can't be
used for even simple wireless. Is this for real?
Thinking I might route at the IP level, I even tried establishing a
route on the Di-624 from Wireless-ethernet, but it won't accept it.
Is this why these little gizmos are only $40? But an AccessPoint that
WILL bridge is $120 ?
Jezz, I give up.