I have searched and many confusing articles they dont seem to describe my screnario. I suspect I am not the first to try to solve this and would appreciate pointing me to post that exists.
Setup:
I have a typical home internet connection.
Internet->DSL/CableModem->WifiRouter->Many hosts behind WifiRouter
If/when the Internet provider goes down I would like to be able to provide whole home internet via my Cell Phone. Something like this:
Internet->CellPhone as HotSpot->Accesspoint->WifiRouter->Many Hosts behind wifi router.
Ideally I could have an AccessPoint on standby and I could simply swap it into the WAN Ethernet port of WifiRouter.
Then enable WifiHotspot on my CellPhone and the AccessPoint would connect to my cellphone and all internet traffic would route to my home hosts.
The AP would mimic the DSL/Cable Modem connection. Ie: Allow Wifirouter to establish the WAN connection via DHCP. (no reconfigureation of WifiRouter needed)
I am hazzy on the features needed on the AccessPoint, can any please elaborate or point me to a thread that already covers this topic. (I did search but did not seem to find)
Thanks in advance.
Paulhaig
Setup:
I have a typical home internet connection.
Internet->DSL/CableModem->WifiRouter->Many hosts behind WifiRouter
If/when the Internet provider goes down I would like to be able to provide whole home internet via my Cell Phone. Something like this:
Internet->CellPhone as HotSpot->Accesspoint->WifiRouter->Many Hosts behind wifi router.
Ideally I could have an AccessPoint on standby and I could simply swap it into the WAN Ethernet port of WifiRouter.
Then enable WifiHotspot on my CellPhone and the AccessPoint would connect to my cellphone and all internet traffic would route to my home hosts.
The AP would mimic the DSL/Cable Modem connection. Ie: Allow Wifirouter to establish the WAN connection via DHCP. (no reconfigureation of WifiRouter needed)
I am hazzy on the features needed on the AccessPoint, can any please elaborate or point me to a thread that already covers this topic. (I did search but did not seem to find)
Thanks in advance.
Paulhaig