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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I ran across a video that shows a basic Wi-Fi router connected as a access point from the Internet port to a switch From a PFsense router. How is this even possible? Every single recommendation I have seen for an access point always recommend using the LAN port and not the Internet port. Looking for instructions on using my old wifi router for ap but this confused me. Any ideas?

https://youtu.be/iS9Sb7qjRbo?si=agLLcOCgmQQT6pB2

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

the majority of routers that have a built in "access point mode" actually require you to use the Internet/WAN port for uplink when they are places in access point mode, as they will request DHCP out of that interface.

Some of them have all of their interfaces bridged to LAN and it wont matter.

If your router does not have a dedicated access point mode in the firmware, then you are correct, you would need to use a LAN port.