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LeoWyatt

LeoWyatt

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Hi all,

I'm moving from Wanadoo to Telewest for the broadband and have a D-Link DSL-604T and would like to know if I can connect it to the modem TW provide and use it as an access point or do I need a new piece of kit?

EDIT: is the modem provided a machine powered modem or does it have it's own power supply?
 
You'll need a new router - one that doesn't have an inbuilt ADSL modem but has an ethernet port for the WAN interface instead. Luckily, because cable routers don't have/need an inbuilt modem, they're cheaper. Any of these would do the job, although I'd personally go for a Linksys but it's all down to personal preference.

The modem Telewest supply will need its own power supply and it has both USB and ethernet interfaces.
 
So I can't use the router as just a router/wireless access point and use a wireless port an input? It only accepts traffic from the telephone point?

EDIT: if not any recommendations?
 
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ADSL routers have two interfaces (or three if you include wireless) - the WAN interface is the ADSL port and the trusted/LAN interface is obviously the ethernet ports. You can't route from one interface to itself.

Without using it as an ADSL modem too, you could use the D-Link as a wireless access point or a switch but that's about it.

Linksys WRT54G or WRT54GS would be what I'd get personally.
 
How could I use it as an access point as it needs input via ethernet. Can the modem provide that?

Guess it's new hardware time :(
 
Easy, if you had a cable router that has no wireless, you just plug your ADSL router into it. The wireless interface is in the same 'zone' as the LAN interface. Since it'll basically just be a daisy chained switch with wireless AP integrated, the wireless would work fine ... but that's it. You can't plug the cable modem straight in since it'll be in the same trusted/LAN 'zone' as the wireless and it won't be routed or NAT'ed or anything.

I've done exactly the same thing in the past. I had an ethernet ADSL modem which was connected to a Netscreen firewall and into that I had my Netgear ADSL wireless router hooked up doing nothing more than working as a wireless AP.

Still, since you need a new router anyway, you might as well just get one with wireless since the price difference is minimal and sell the D-Link on or keep it in case you ever go back to ADSL.

To summarise, you need a new router for cable and you can only use your ADSL router as a wireless AP in conjunction with a cable router so you need a new piece of kit no matter what :)
 
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