This is a question. If I am incorrect, please let me know. Thanks.
Both the BGW210 and BGW320 wifi have 4x4 2.4GHz and 4x4 5GHz.
One 5GHz connection can support a speed more than 1gps, so the WIFI
is not a bottle neck compared to the ATT line out of one's house.
You have an existing internal home network with servers and desktops along
with a bunch of laptops (the laptops are sometimes used with WIFI and sometimes
with a wire connection).
I've seen a number of suggestions to place the BGW210/BGW320 in pass-through
mode and with a router on the LAN connected its WAN port to a BGWxxx
Ethernet port.
The alternate architecture I am suggesting is to have on the LAN a
router in bridge mode setup so that it communicates with the BGWxxx WIFI.
Physically, the bridging router can be near the BGWxxx broadcast gateway.
With this architecture, there is no cabling between one's home LAN and the
BGWxxx and the BGWxxx do not have to be in pass-through mode.
With this approach, the Sonic ATA box could still be connected directly
to the BGWxxx.
And, if one wishes, one could still directly connect machine(s) to the
BGWxxx Ethernet ports (though, the machine(s) could not communicate
with your other machine(s) no so connected to the BGWxxx (I assume)).
Would this work?
Thanks.
Both the BGW210 and BGW320 wifi have 4x4 2.4GHz and 4x4 5GHz.
One 5GHz connection can support a speed more than 1gps, so the WIFI
is not a bottle neck compared to the ATT line out of one's house.
You have an existing internal home network with servers and desktops along
with a bunch of laptops (the laptops are sometimes used with WIFI and sometimes
with a wire connection).
I've seen a number of suggestions to place the BGW210/BGW320 in pass-through
mode and with a router on the LAN connected its WAN port to a BGWxxx
Ethernet port.
The alternate architecture I am suggesting is to have on the LAN a
router in bridge mode setup so that it communicates with the BGWxxx WIFI.
Physically, the bridging router can be near the BGWxxx broadcast gateway.
With this architecture, there is no cabling between one's home LAN and the
BGWxxx and the BGWxxx do not have to be in pass-through mode.
With this approach, the Sonic ATA box could still be connected directly
to the BGWxxx.
And, if one wishes, one could still directly connect machine(s) to the
BGWxxx Ethernet ports (though, the machine(s) could not communicate
with your other machine(s) no so connected to the BGWxxx (I assume)).
Would this work?
Thanks.