<div dir="ltr">so the port I'm wondering about is an input port then. I thought I read that it is also a wan part. How does that work? Like I know the internet is a wan but how does it work in this case?<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:27 PM, koder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iscreamkid@gmail.com" target="_blank">iscreamkid@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Mike,<br>
<br>
I have the same device in my networking system. My answer may not be
100% correct, but here is my SWAG: <br>
<br>
The device was designed to serve as a router with DHCP server
capabilities, in other words it hands out IP addresses to requests
that come from one of the output ports.<br>
<br>
You can access the device using its web page and turn that feature
off, it then acts as a bridge router and the DHCP functioning will
come from further upsteam, from your other router.<br>
<br>
The network will not function correctly if you have two different
devices trying to pass out IP addresses using DHCP. Everything
pretty much quits talking to each other.<br>
<br>
While I have never tried using the device by plugging everything
only into the output ports, I am guessing that connection setup
would use the device as a bare dumb switch. No more double DHCP,
only happy connectivity.<br>
<br>
I am reasonably sure my explanation is not technically correct, but
is functional. I was quite loose with input, output, upstream, and
downstream analogies, but that is the way I think of them.<br>
<br>
By the way on a separate item, it is my understanding that most of
these devices are hacked and infected and should be either upgraded,
or replaced. I have yet to do either, but I think that is the case.<br>
<br>
HM<div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<div>On 10/17/2014 03:08 PM, Michael Havens
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">That is the router I have. On the back there are 4
LAN ports and another port labled Internet. My setup had the
cable from the modem feeding into that port and everything
worked until a couple of days ago. Today I switched that cable
to a LAN port and everything worked again. I asked in another
thread the purpose of the internet port and MR Butash gave me an
answer but it is still a lot hazy. In my research to answer the
question myself I found a wikipedia article that states:
<div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px">The
original </span><b style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px">WRT54G</b><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px"> was
first released in December 2002. It has a 4+1 port </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch" title="Network switch" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial" target="_blank">network
switch</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px"> (the
Internet/WAN port is part of the same internal network
switch, but on a different </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN" title="VLAN" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px;background-image:none;background-repeat:initial" target="_blank">VLAN</a><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px">).</span><br clear="all">
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<div>My questions: What is that port for if not to be an input
port for the internet</div>
<div>and</div>
<div>Why was it working as an input port for the internet and
why did it stop working as such?</div>
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
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