Disable routing on the linksys WRT54GS

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Disable routing on the linksys WRT54GS you know who maybe 10-04-2005
Posted by you know who maybe on October 4, 2005, 3:15 pm
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The WTRT54GS is a router but I don't want it to route: I'd like the four
Ethernet ports to act just like a dumb hub and the wifi to be an extension
of the subnet the WAN port is connected to. I picked up the Linksys AP
"WAP11" which does the job fine but I've got these WTRT54GS routers I can't
use. What bugs me is the router is more expensive but can't do a simple
feature like disabling the routing.




Posted by Leythos on October 4, 2005, 10:20 pm
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kilbyfan@spammenotAOL.com says...
> The WTRT54GS is a router but I don't want it to route: I'd like the four
> Ethernet ports to act just like a dumb hub and the wifi to be an extension
> of the subnet the WAN port is connected to. I picked up the Linksys AP
> "WAP11" which does the job fine but I've got these WTRT54GS routers I can't
> use. What bugs me is the router is more expensive but can't do a simple
> feature like disabling the routing.

Disable DHCP on it, set it with the Default Gateway of your local
router, set it in the same IP network, it should work just like a
switch/AP.

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Posted by Duane Arnold on October 5, 2005, 12:58 am
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> The WTRT54GS is a router but I don't want it to route: I'd like the
> four Ethernet ports to act just like a dumb hub and the wifi to be an
> extension of the subnet the WAN port is connected to. I picked up the
> Linksys AP "WAP11" which does the job fine but I've got these WTRT54GS
> routers I can't use. What bugs me is the router is more expensive but
> can't do a simple feature like disabling the routing.
>
>

Long version

http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?
p_faqid=358&p_created=1084209764&p_sid=
57PqBdRh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19j
bnQ9NDUxJnBfcHJvZHM9MCZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd
2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9zY2ZfbGFuZz0xJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Y29ubm
VjdCB0d28gcm91dGVycw**&p_li=&p_topview=1

Short version

http://tinyurl.com/dnq6a

The wireless router becomes an wire/WAP switch.

Duane :)


Posted by Rich Wales on October 22, 2005, 10:57 pm
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"you know who maybe" wrote:

> The WRT54GS is a router but I don't want it to route:
> I'd like the four Ethernet ports to act just like a
> dumb hub and the wifi to be an extension of the subnet
> the WAN port is connected to.

I'm currently doing this successfully by configuring the "Internet"
settings of the WRT54GS with a fictitious address on an unused
private subnet, and then simply not plugging anything into the
Internet (external) port.

For example, I use the 172.29.0.0/24 address range on my home LAN
(i.e., every piece of equipment I have at home uses an IP address
starting with 172.29.0). I chose 172.29.1.0/24 as the "fake"
network for configuring the Internet side of my WRT54GS. I set
the "Internet" side to use the static IP address 172.29.1.251,
with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and with a (nonexistent)
gateway address of 172.29.1.2.

Rich Wales richw@richw.org http://www.richw.org



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