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Revision as of 03:50, 23 July 2009
Adding WAN Port to Switch (use as a normal LAN port)
When the WRT is used as an Access Point (AP) or repeater (WDS), the WAN port can easily be configured as a normal LAN port.
Use the following steps:
1.)
Under "Setup" -> "Basic Setup"
Set "Internet Setup" to "Disabled"
2.)
Under "Setup" -> "VLANs"
- Select "LAN" under "Assigned to bridge" for VLAN 1 * This will set the WAN port (vlan1) is part of the LAN bridge (br0). - LaFonera (tested with v.2007-0126): Just set Setup-->Basic Setup-->Internet Setup-->Internet Connection Type to "Disabled" ( Source: [1] (german))
3.)
The VLAN setting should show something like:
| Port | Assigned VLAN |-------------------| to bridge | W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -------------------------------------------- 0 | | x | x | x | x | LAN -------------------------------------------- 1 | x | | | | | LAN -------------------------------------------- 2 | | | | | | None -------------------------------------------- ... -------------------------------------------- Tagged | | | | | | ------------------------------
4.)
Save Settings
5.)
Reset the Router (See Note)
Note: Rebooting the router (Step 5) is not required if you issue the following command at a terminal (SSH,Telnet). However, ONLY issuing the command WITHOUT the steps (1-4) above will ONLY last until the next reboot). Command: 'brctl addif br0 vlan1'
I tried above and it didn't worked for me. I attached a device on the WAN- port. I pinged this device endlessly and watched it, to see if my changes are successful. I realized, that the pings went through after rebooting the router. But after a few seconds the device was unreachable again. I ssh'd to my router and did a look with '~#ifconfig' for the interfaces and saw, that device 'vlan1' was missing. I (re)activated the interface with '~#ifconfig vlan1 up' and the pings immediately went through! To automatically issue this command after reboot, I did the following on the shell of the router: ~#nvram set rc_startup='ifconfig vlan1 up' ~#nvram commit ~#reboot HTH - kernal/19.04.2007
Q. It would be nice to be able to assign different networks to each of the ports.. Is there any work done in this direction?
A. Easy step-by-step instructions for putting port 4 on it's own subnet can be found HERE
In v23 SP2 there is a option in Setup -> Basic Setup -> "Assign WAN Port to Switch" - Tick it and re-boot.