On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 09:41:35PM +0100, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
On 16/09/14 16:43, Chris Green wrote:
I'm not even sure such a thing exists but it feels as if it ought to.
I want a 'WiFi switch' that I can plug into an existing LAN such that it allows WiFi access on the *same* subnet. Thus it won't do anything clever like DHCP or DNS or anything as that will be done by existing devices on the LAN.
All the 'range extenders' I can find are WiFi both in and out and also tend to create their own subnet. Anyway I need something that hangs on a hard-wired ethernet connection.
Is there such a thing?
I'm not entirely sure, but is this what you're after? (scroll down to to the diagram for a quick idea).
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point
I think (but I'm not sure) that dd-wrt will do what you want. dd-wrt works on a variety of different routers - you have to flash the rom to replace the stock rom with dd-wrt.
There are similar products to dd-wrt which may be able to do the same thing. Do a bit of research before getting a router, as different routers support different versions of dd-wrt.
That's a good point, thanks. I did know aboout dd-wrt but hadn't really put two and two together re this question. I *might* already have an old router that can run dd-wrt, certainly worth a try, and routers are so cheap now it's almost worth buying a compatible one to play with.