[MLB-WIRELESS] Linksys WRT54G

[Ben Grech]

> The cool thing I notice with the WRT54G is, like other SOHO routers, it
> has a built-in switch on the LAN interface.  Do you think it is possible
> to reverse the firewall/routing behaviour in the unit so that the LAN
> interface effectively becomes the WAN interface, and vise-versa?  I ask
> because I'm wondering if it's possible to hang two "dumb" APs (eg.
> Minitars) off the inbuilt switch and perhaps use alias interfaces for
> each of them.

As it is, all of the ethernet ports are physically connected to the one
switch - only some VLAN trickery in the drivers makes the WAN interface look
separate. So while it might take some major reworking of network code and
the web interface, it's definitely possible.



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