Use a vro as an AP

Requirement

If the existing network is already Internet-shared, and you do not want to change the operation of the existing network. The wireless router can be used as an AP. This article uses WGR614v5 as an example to describe this application.

Comparison

In a sense, AP is equivalent to a wireless Hub. The main difference between AP and Hub is that the media connected to the workstation is not a network cable, but a wireless electromagnetic wave working in a specific frequency range using air as the media, the workstation must be equipped with an AP client, that is, a wireless network card.

Connection

No matter which application environment, once an AP is used, the Internet port or WAN port of the wireless router will no longer be used. Connect one of the four LAN ports of a vro。 to a vswitch or vro. For example, for the following applications, you only need to connect a LAN port of WGR614v5 to a LAN port of the Router:

APWGR614v5) <--> Router <--> adsl modem <--> Internet

In addition to the differences in connection, you also need to modify the vro settings. Suppose in the preceding example, the lan ip address of the Router is 192.168.2.1, the mask is 255.255.255.0, And the DHCP server function is enabled-this is a typical setting of routers in small and medium enterprises, so you have to change some settings on WGR614v5.

Set

Log on to the vro Management page. For details about how to enter the vro Management page, see "Configure vro for the first time, how to quickly set up by bypassing the setting wizard"). The default page is basic settings, click lan ip settings in the left-side function list to go to the LAN Settings page:

DHCP server is enabled by default in the factory settings of WGR614v5. However, a vro on the network connected to WGR614v5 has enabled this function. If WGR614v5 is still enabled as an AP, the existing network features will be changed. Improper configuration may cause unnecessary problems. Therefore, disable the DHCP server function of WGR614v5 and remove the check box before using the router as the DHCP server.

The lan ip address of the Router connected by WGR614v5 is 192.168.2.1, the mask is 255.255.255.0, And the DHCP Server function is enabled. For future management convenience, you can set the lan ip address of WGR614v5 To This CIDR block, that is, 192.168.2. × (× can be 2 ~ The value between 254 and 111, as long as it does not conflict with the IP address of other devices in the LAN, the figure is set to), and then click "application". After the configuration is updated, WGR614v5 will work as an AP:

If you set WGR614v5 for the first time, you must enable the wireless function. Because WGR614v5 does not enable the wireless function by default, you only need to click "application" on this page on the Basic settings page, as shown in:

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