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 routing on the linksys WRT54GS
Oct 04, 2005
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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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The wireless router becomes an wire/WAP switch.
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Can't be done. Needs to choose either "router" mode or "gateway" mode.
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.
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Nice! I love these kinds of tricks!
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