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? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:27 PM, koder wrote: > Mike, > > I have the same device in my networking system. My answer may not be 100% > correct, but here is my SWAG: > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > HM > > > > On 10/17/2014 03:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > 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: > > The original *WRT54G* was first released in December 2002. It has a 4+1 > port network switch (the > Internet/WAN port is part of the same internal network switch, but on a > different VLAN ). > > My questions: What is that port for if not to be an input port for the > internet > and > Why was it working as an input port for the internet and why did it stop > working as such? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >