can a broadband router act as a wireless access point?

[FunkyGibbon]

I've got a linksys WRT54GSUK cable broadband wireless router.

Normally this is connected to NTHell modem - but at the moment I'm having connectivity problems with the modem.

My house (attached to a school) has Ethernet points to the school network. Can I simply plug the router into the school network and use it as a wireless access point?

Or does the linksys kit expect to be connected to a cable modem?

TIA

FG

[sneakyneil]

In short, yes - assuming they're running DHCP on their network and you just want plain internet access then just connect the schools ethernet port to the cable port of the router. You could connect it to the ethernet switched side of the router instead, but then you'd have to mess about checking for IP conflicts and disabling the routers DHCP so I think the cable port is the way to go.

One possible snag is if the school is running on the same ip subnet, you'l have to do the ethernet switched side thing but I'd cross that bridge if you come to it.

HTH!

Edited by sneakyneil on Tuesday 13th March 16:34

[FunkyGibbon]

cheers - I'll give it a whirl.

But as with the law of sod, NTHell is working ATM!

[FunkyGibbon]

NTHell died again.

But Woohoo! The router works OK with the school network :-)