I'm receiving my W3J on wednesday and would like to be able to roam around with it in my house, currently I have 2 computers connected through a switch to the ADSL modem. The reason I use a switch over a router is because I want each computer to have a public IP (my ISP allows up to 4 IPs per modem), so I'd like to continue doing so once I get my laptop.
I've considered my options:
1) Add an access point to the switch and connect through it.
2) Replace the switch with a wireless router and disable NAT/DHCP.
I've looked around for access points and they seem expensive, sometimes even more so than routers. My guess is I should get the router and use it as a "wireless switch", if I even need the routing functions again I can turn them back on.
What I don't know is: do all routers allow you to disable NAT so my 3 computers can fetch external IPs from the modem? I was thinking of getting the D-LINK WIRELESS 4PORT DI-524 (Check NickS' excellent sticky for more info on it).
Going from wired to wireless
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by El Penetrator, Sep 18, 2006.