ianw1974 Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Nope, you're probably right, I read back and it seems his clients get DHCP from the router, so it must be operating the wireless. So I've just been rambling for nuthin :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 So I've just been rambling for nuthin :DI do it all the time. Why do you think I'm so close to 10,000? I certainly haven't made that many useful posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tmanisaur Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) Hey guys...went to sleep at 3:30am...but got it all together. Yes, need wireless. Must have it. WLAN and SAN must see each other. No, no need for WLAN and SAN to be separated from rest of network. I've read that there is a way uf turning residential routers (like my DI824VUP) into switches by not using the WAN port, and pluging say LAN port 1 of the router into LAN port n of the switch. I'm exploring that one now... cheers, T. PS> I have you both solidly beat with my mighty <10 posts... B) Edited November 8, 2006 by Tmanisaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 PS> I have you both solidly beat with my mighty <10 posts... B)go go low post count power!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Each time (or should that be tyme :lol: ) you post, tyme will just reply to get him one more post closer to 10,000. So everyone, stop posting, then he can't get there :D or he'll just reply to his own posts ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 if you don't want me to reply, just stop mentioning me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tmanisaur Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Alrighty then...you post-fiends.... ;-) Any idea how to turn a router into a switch? Cheers, T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 a router IS a switch...and then some. it'll give IP's to your systems, instead of MNF2 doing it, but since the Wireless LAN works fine this way, so should the wired... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tmanisaur Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Yep, got that part...still not sure about getting the WLAN and LAN clients to see each other fully. Everything on the router gets an IP jsut fine. Everything on the switch gets an IP just fine. The router and switch clients don't see other.. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 if you remove the switch, and just plug all the wired clients into the router, they should see each other. unless your router doesn't have RJ45 ports? It would be likes this: Internet | MNF | ROUTER---WLAN Clients + NAS | LAN Clients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tmanisaur Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Yep, it has RJ45 ports, but not enough...would your scheme still work if I added the switch AFTER the router, like this? Internet | MNF | ROUTER---WLAN Clients + NAS | SWITCH | LAN Clients Would all clients see each other? Cheers, T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Yes, as the router would be giving out all the ip addresses effectively putting all the systems on the same subnet. IMHO, that's a ton of hardware :lol: My setup is simply: Cable modem -> Cable/DSL Router -> Clients but then, the cable/dsl router i got was a linksys and i was able to install dd-wrt on it, so I got a lot of extra stuff that basically made an add-on firewall system irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I concur, switch the router and switch around. My setup at home is like this: Internet --> Router --> Firewall --> Switch --> Clients although some clients are connected directly to the firewall as there are a few ports on there. This is similar to you, where your router is in the place of the firewall, as you're using this as a switch and also for DHCP assigning of devices as well as wireless. So putting the router before the switch is much better, and should fix your problem, as you drew out in your diagram in your last post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tmanisaur Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Sorry I didn't respond yesterday; the girlfriend appliance needed some updating and maintenance (heh heh). Okay, I think I see what the solution is based on all the good stuff you gents have advised on... MNF | ROUTER (to enable WLAN clients' access) | SWITCH | Clients (+SAN) I'll try this config next, and I 'll advise on the results. Thanks again gents! T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 no problem :) always happy to help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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