Thread: Using ADSL router purely as an access point?
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Old 04-11-2007, 23:40   #3
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Re: Using ADSL router purely as an access point?
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Originally Posted by Zeph View Post
Most routers have a setting to turn off the NAT/DHCP/Firewall/etc, functions and turn it into a simple access point, you will need to look through the menus of the router to see if there is such a setting. I suppose you could do it manually, by finding the appropriate settings.
Just turn off the DHCP

Nat and firewall shouldn't matter since there will be nothing connected to the wan side.

With DHCP off and another router connected to one of the LAN ports then the Adsl router should act like an access point/switch
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