Re: Can I change a wireless router into just a wireless hub?
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 05/25/04
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 23:51:31 -0600
In article <5b4ff628.0405241539.4e7e7dde@posting.google.com>,
rayoflight@21cn.com (Dongbo Zhang) wrote:
>I current setup is using a wired hub to connect two PCs to a dsl
>modem. I can get two different IPs from my ISP for those two PCs via
>DHCP.
>
>Now I brought a Netgear 814 wireless router in hope to upgrade my home
>network. But the problem is, by using the router, I no longer could
>assign two distinct IP address to my two PCs. What they get from the
>router is two private ip address which is not what I desired.
>
>So I'm wondering if there's anyway that I can change the wireless
>router simply into a wireless hub? That is, I don't need the routing
>at all, I need only to use it as a hub. I don't care about the
>security issues or so forth. I just need to give my two PCs two real
>IP adresses. Can any expert here give me any suggestions on how to
>achieve it?
>
>Thanks very much!
Yes, you can do that:
1. Using one of the computers, access the wireless router's built-in
web server and disable the router's DHCP server.
2. Connect the DSL modem to one of the router's LAN ports, not to its
WAN port.
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