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Title: linksys router behind e-smith (reverse order from previous p
Post by: steve on June 12, 2002, 07:32:00 AM

I have a linksys router that I am currently using for its wireless capabilites. I would like to continue to use it with an s.m.e. server acting as the gateway and firewall, so that the linksys is basically a wireless hub.

adsl--->e-smith--->linksys--->local wireless network

Title: Re: linksys router behind e-smith (reverse order from previo
Post by: Nathan Fowler on June 12, 2002, 08:35:33 AM

Surely you can change the LinkSys to perform as a Access Point, not a router/gateway.  If you can, simply:

adsl--->e-smith-->hub (or X-Over)-->linksys-->WLAN

I've got a Compaq CPW2 and it'll let me choose to either be a router/gateway or a wireless access point.  Hopefully Linksys will provide you the same functionality, else you will end up with a double-NAT configuration.

Internet->E-Smith-->[NAT]-->LinkSys-->[NAT]-->WLAN

Which would be pretty inefficient and redundant.  Possible problem-prone as well.

Hope this helps,
Nathan

Title: Re: linksys router behind e-smith (reverse order from previo
Post by: Todd Pearsall on June 12, 2002, 05:39:52 PM

Does your linksys router also have several LAN hub/switch ports in addition to the WAN port?  On the D-Link you can just use the LAN ports and it will behave like a access point (be sure to turn off dhcp)

- Todd

Title: Re: linksys router behind e-smith (reverse order from previo
Post by: Geoff Bennion on June 12, 2002, 08:05:59 PM

How about

INTERNET -> SME -> HUB -> PC's AND ROUTER?

Title: Re: linksys router behind e-smith (reverse order from previo
Post by: robert on June 12, 2002, 08:53:44 PM

I do exactly that at home with a wireless Linksys access point/four port switch. The internal NIC on e-smith goes into a LAN port on the linksys. Nothing goes to the the WAN port on the linksys.

DHCP server is disabled on linksys. I can't remember if the linksys is getting its IP from e-smith DHCP or if I assigned it statically, but I can check that if you like.

Title: Re: linksys router behind e-smith (reverse order from previo
Post by: Abe Loveless on June 26, 2002, 12:00:12 AM

>Author: Geoff Bennion (geoff_AT_hgs.co.uk)
>INTERNET -> SME -> HUB -> PC's AND ROUTER?

This is what I'm doing.  I connected the hub to my Linksys router in the WAN port... it's doing its own DHCP.

So, my laptop ends up on a 192.168 network where the rest of the house is on 10.0. (from SME).  The double NAT hasn't caused any problems for me.