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XR500 in a lan to lan configuration - how to get the ntp working?
In order to get a few devices, eg printers, to work across the house, i set my XR500 up in a lan to lan configuation with the ISP modem/router. Modem/router is at 192.168.1.1, and XR500 is at 192.168...
Let me try that again, thanks..
> [...] I can only get that to work when the XR500 is plugged into my
> modem/router though its WAN port.
"that"? In a forum like this, pronouns can get detached from their
antecedents.
The hypothetical problem is that the router expects to contact an NTP
server using its WAN/Internet interface, whether it's in router mode or
WAP mode. That shouldn't be a problem for the documented WAP mode,
which uses the WAN/Internet interface for the connection to the
main-router LAN, but would be for your ad-hoc "lan to lan configuation".
> [...] many added features that would doubtless disappear in AP mode.
Features which involve router functions don't work when the router is
disabled/bypassed. "Many added features", like, say, shared
USB-attached storage, shouldn't care. As that "Disabled Features" KB
article says.
> [...] probably not much else.
Define "much else"? I'd go by the list in that KB article, and not
by vague assertions about "many added features" or "much else".