[GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

[William Park]

My apology... James is right.

I got confused after reading TP-LINK TL-WR802N manual where it says
"DHCP server".  DAP-1350 manual says "DHCP" only.
-- 
William

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:30:59PM -0400, William Park via talk wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 08:59:46PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote:
> > That is exactly what that D-Link will do in Client mode.  It will
> > connect one or more Ethernet devices via WiFi to the router.
> 
> James, since you have this DAP-1350...
> 
> Suppose Device-A is connected to your DAP, which is in "client mode" and
> is connected to a main router.  The main router has another Device-B
> connected to it.
>     - Does Device-A get its IP from DAP or the main router?
>     - Can Device-B connect to Device-A?  Usually, in NAT, Device-A can
>       go out and connect to Device-B, but not the other way around.
> 
> "client bridge" should act like 1-port ethernet switch connected to the
> main router via long cable.  What I want, of course, is to replace this
> long cable with wifi.  But, function and usage are the same.
> -- 
> William
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