At Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:20:58 -0700 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
On 04/25/11 12:28 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:
The WiFi access point is connected to the server via a loopback Ethernet cable actually. There's no need to use a switch when there are only 2 devices connected. Also, in this setup, there's no point to use a WiFi router - a simple WiFi access point is much better.
the catch is, routers are both cheaper and easier to find.
you can use a typical router as a access point if you...
* disable DHCP server on the router * set the WAN (internet) address to something static and 'safe' like 10.255.255.254 mask 255.255.255.0
You don't really need to do anything with the WAN port, so long as it is unconnected.
* set the LAN (local) IP address to a unused static IP on your subnet so you can access it for management * use only the LAN ports on the router (it can be used as a 4-port switch)if the router is compatible with Tomato or DD-Wrt firmware, there's a setting that does the equivalent of this, AND lets you use the WAN port as another switch port.
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