Bryan Murdock scribbled on Saturday, February 25, 2006 1:23 AM:
> OK, I'm a networking dummy. I just got a wireless router (wrt54g, > used) for home. I already have my webserver/router linux box set up > quite nicely, and would rather not disturb it, but I want the laptops > to be able to have internet wirelessly. How do I set this up? > > Currently, I have to NICs on the desktop webserver/router. One goes > to the cable modem, the other to a hub. The laptops have to hook > into the hub and get DHCP from the desktop and the whole intarweb > thing works wonderfully. They also get samba from from the desktop > to access files. Now, my inclination is to simply (somehow) replace > the hub with the wireless router, but vague memories of CS 460 that > are coming back to me as I look at the configuration options of this > router are telling that's not quite as straightforward as it sounds. > > Any recommendations? > Try and disable the router/firewall functionality on your linksys router. Basically put, set it to "access point" mode. If your linksys has this capability, once you assign it an ip address and turn it into an access point, you can plug a network cable from your existing setup (just like you would be plugging a new computer into your network) and it will defer all routing, firewall, DHCP, etc to your main desktop webserver/router. Brian > Bryan > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of > their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or > BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
