convert wireless router to a standard access point?

Well you can use it as a switch by just disabling the DCHP server but access points dont usually communicate with each other so there could be a problem using it wirelessly
 
You need to also make sure it's default LAN IP is NOT the same as your main routers...else your network will..well..go ahead and try it. ;)

If your primary router is say for example...192.168.1.1, make your second one 192.168.1.245..or something similar, same IP range, but outside the used DHCP pool.
 
yea because the thing is is that i have another wireless router called a bebox (bethere.co.uk) which is where the internet connection is. i want to connect a long ethernet cable/homeplug to the bebox and into my old wireless router so that people can access the network wirelessely from the location in which my old router will be (ie a wireless extender)
 
jonneymendoza said:
yea because the thing is is that i have another wireless router called a bebox (bethere.co.uk) which is where the internet connection is. i want to connect a long ethernet cable/homeplug to the bebox and into my old wireless router so that people can access the network wirelessely from the location in which my old router will be (ie a wireless extender)
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Yes, that is easily done, as the others have said, just run a cable to the two, just use LAN ports, not the WAN on the second router. But first disable DHCP on the second router, and change the IP of the second to something not in the first router's DHCP range.
 
yep, this can be done on almost any router.

go to unit's webpage
change its IP address from 192.168.x.1 to 192.168.X.2
turn off DHCP
Set up wireless to include WPA encryption (not neccasary, but highly recommended)
 
how would the computers connected to the old router be able to be assigned new local IP address's?
 
Have you found any settings that relate to "access point" or somthing of the like.
 
the only thing i can see wich resembles access point is the settings for enabling and disabling wireless access point. if i disable it, the wifi effectively wont work.

my ip address of the bebox is 192.168.1.245

i tried assigning my netgear router to 192.168.1.1 but it diddnt work. i get a message on the com saying that the connection is limited or not available. i then have to hard reset the netgear router because i cant access it using its new up address 192.168.1.1
 
ahh i got it working. one of the ports from my bebox does not work correctly. anyways now its time to secure it by blocking p2p ports! now that i am sharing my net connection with my bro does anyne know any common p2p ports such has the ones from emule and limewire?
 
jonneymendoza said:
ahh i got it working. one of the ports from my bebox does not work correctly. anyways now its time to secure it by blocking p2p ports! now that i am sharing my net connection with my bro does anyne know any common p2p ports such has the ones from emule and limewire?
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"Some sources say that peer-to-peer file sharing programs like LimeWire and KaZaA use a variety of ports including ports 1214 outbound and ports 1214-8000 inbound. To block LimeWire ports you would also have to block TCP port 6346 and stop UDP port 6346." eMule and eDonkey do random port generations at each install. BitTorrent uses TCP/UDP 6881 by default. It is really simple to change ports though, so protection will be hard to enforce.
 
quality of service.... it allows you to tell a router what services get priority. IE - set port 80 (standard web browsing) to the highest level... set your file sharing program to the lowest proirity... this way you can be downloading/uploading all sorts of crap + using your full bandwidth... but when you go out to look at your porn sites, the file sharing will not slow you down.

edit read some more of the thread.... QOS (from what I've seen) does not block ports.... plus I highly doubt a standard firmware netgear router would support it anyway.. it's a null point.

If you can't block the ports you need to block, I'd highly suggest checking out the DD-WRT project... I don't think your router is supported, but it might be worth your while to buy one that does.
 
i could always block ports using the firewall on my bro's pc. he dont know nothing about firewalls so doing this on his firewall could work
 
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