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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 19:56:20 +0000 Robin Cornelius wrote: > Jumping a bit late in the conversation here and you are probably sorted > now but my wireless at home is just like this. My wireless AP is actualy > a router (but with a WAN interface not an adsl interface). I ignore the > WAN and just use the wireless part and the 4 ethernet ports as a hub. > Other routers will behave the same. I have a netgear wireless router at > work and it will function without the adsl connected, the only caveat is > that if it is acting as a DHCP server and it is not the gateway router > it will (probably) not be able to tell the dhcp clients about the DNS > servers. Basicly the router that is the gateway probably should be the > DHCP server as well (unless you have a dedicated dhcp server etc...) > > Robin Hi Robin, When you say "WAN interface", is this a multi-purpose interface that will detect (or is configurable for) multiple serial encoding types, or is this an Ethernet port that has been labelled as "WAN"? Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html