[CentOS] Attaching LinkSys WRT54GL to CentOS machine

At Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:20:58 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at 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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