[Discuss] access points

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

Michael Tiernan <michael.tiernan at gmail.com> writes:

> On 7/28/14 5:48 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
>> What goes into a consumer access point is nearly 100% the same hardware
> I use a Netgear router/wifi point here at home and I just found that
> there's a "switch" to put it into "access point mode" which I now have
> to do more reading on.
>
> As it is, acting as a smart box, it breaks my network into two subnets
> that limits some things working.

You can pretty much put most home routers into "AP Mode" (or "Bridge
Mode") and bypass the "routing" functionality.

-derek
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