Possible to use ADSL wireless router as an access point?

[Jonny69]

Got a mate who has bought a Netgear DG834GT wireless ADSL router in error off the bay. He has cable broadband rather than ADSL so can't use it directly. Save him getting another one is it possible to hook up the Netgear one to his DSL modem which had an ethernet output and use it as an access point?

 

[csmager]

If his Cable modem is willing to act as a router, then yes.

 

[Jonny69]

Do you mean if it is able to assign multiple IP addresses? If so I'm not sure about that.

 

[csmager]

I mean can it perform NAT. If it can't, then you need a NAT router. A lot of ADSL modems have this functionality - I don't no about cable modems, but I doubt it.

 

[Badgerpoo]

To do this the router would need a WAN port, or to be able to configure one of the Ethernet ports as a WAN port (unlikely on most consumer equipment). As far as I know ADSL routers don't have WAN ports though I'm afraid.