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use my 2820 a just wireless point

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01 May 2011 20:03 #1 by garyi
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Hi can I use my 2820 as just a wireless access point.

I am with Virgin and took recipet of one of their most hideous SuperHubs, which is basically a cats turd in a glossy box with netgear rubbed out on the side.

They have screwed it so I cannot bridge and use my draytek, however I am hoping that some how I can just plug the draytek in as a wireless access point is this possible?

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03 May 2011 09:01 #2 by rpg
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Why not just plug WAN2 of the 2820 into the SuperHub?

You can then set the 2820 to use WAN2 as its default internet connection (you will need to do a search on the forum for the command line to set that) or alternatively just set WAN -> Load-Balance Policy to send everything down WAN2.

Everything will then just connect to your Draytek as usual, and the Draytek will deal with the Virgin SuperHub..

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03 May 2011 20:04 #3 by garyi
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Apparently the superhubs firmware will not allow passthrough, is that what you are saying here?

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04 May 2011 12:03 #4 by rpg
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The WAN2 port is just an ethernet port and the SuperHub will just see it as a device on the network in the same way as it would see a PC / laptop.

Anything on the Draytek network (wired or wireless) will seek internet pages from the draytek - the draytek will ask for it from the superhub and the superhub will go off to the internet to find it.

It should all work fine....

Richard

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