Re: liksys WRT54G

>     thanks for the link.

>     :-)~MIKE~(-:

>     On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 7:14 PM, koder <iscreamkid@gmail.com
>     <mailto:iscreamkid@gmail.com>> wrote:

>         The terms LAN, WAN, MAN, HAN and such are used very sloppily.
>         They can be used to designate the physical (geographical) area
>         covered by the network.

>         Most of them were developed in the early networking days when
>         computers and communication equipment was expensive and the
>         physical distances you could communicate over were limited.

>         Technically, that little Linksys gadget you can hold in your
>         hands is a LAN server, because the cabling that it will drive
>         can only go a short distance. Its input comes from a WAN. In
>         today's case that would most likely, but not necessarily the
>         Intenet.

>         In your case you have chosen to put your LAN server between
>         your LAN and your true server at your Internet Service
>         Provider. In addition, as I understand it you have an
>         additional modem server further dividing things up.

>         If you care Wikipedia has a nice article that will tell more
>         than you want to know.

>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_area_network

>         HM

>         On 10/19/2014 12:31 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>         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 <iscreamkid@gmail.com
>>         <mailto:iscreamkid@gmail.com>> 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
>>>             <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch> (the
>>>             Internet/WAN port is part of the same internal network
>>>             switch, but on a different VLAN
>>>             <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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~(-:

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