From: marcoles@ody.ca   
      
   On 05/01/2012 09:50 PM, Some Guy wrote:   
   > Is there such a thing as a wireless switch?   
   >   
   > Not a router.  A switch.   
   >   
   > I want to connect at least 2, maybe up to 4 devices over wifi to our   
   > office LAN.   
   >   
   > Our lan has a subnet of 192.168.2.0.  I would want our wireless devices   
   > to have IP addresses on the same subnet, and NOT be subnetted to a   
   > different net through a wireless router.   
   >   
   > I would imagine that this might require that this hypothetical switch   
   > would require 1 LAN connection for every wifi device being connected to   
   > it.   
   >   
   > We have an issue currently where computers connected through wifi can't   
   > seem to browse the network work groups and find (and connect to) shared   
   > directories on various servers - but they can if directly connected via   
   > wired ethernet to our office 24-port switch.   
      
      
   I think I've seen such devices by Dlink and Motorola, there are probably   
   more.   
      
   If you are willing to juggle settings and play around a bit, some   
   wireless/wired routers will do what I think you want though.   
   Shut off the DHCP server for the LAN on the router.   
   Get the wan address from the local LAN either by fixed IP or DHCP and   
   then allow its LAN side wifi addresses on the same subnet by pass through.   
      
   Alternatively just wiring with a crossover cable (if required) to the   
   lan side of the router may accomplish effectively the same thing.   
      
   I effectively do the reverse of this here and use an old Linksys with   
   third party firmware(Tomato?) as a wireless bridge to create a remote   
   wired network.   
      
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