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Nov 08, 2014Connect ReadyNAS directly to pc without internet?
Can Seagate NAS HHD 4TB hard drives that were in a ReadyNAS 316 be used in a ReadyNAS 104 4-bay Diskless or a ReadyNAS 314 4-bay Diskless? Does it matter what order they were in? They were mixed up. ...
StephenB
Nov 11, 2014Guru - Experienced User
The Unite device is a NAT router, but is wifi only and has no ethernet ports. Here's a link: http://www.att.com/devices/netgear/unite-pro.html?CAGPSPN=pla&WT.srch=1&wtPaidSearchTerm=%5Bkeyword%5D#fbid=_LlOS-FmCRI?sku=sku6910270
xeltros wrote: Does the LTE device have ethernet ? I was under the impression it was only wifi.
When I say router, I mean ethernet, I should have made it clearer indeed, saying wifi on one side and nothing on the other side is not a good choice, I'm just too used to consider ethernet as the default.
Router can be the extender here too, I don't see a difference between a router with extending capabilities, and an extender with router/switch capabilities unless you are dealing with multiple subnets.
The Netgear ex6200 is an wifi extender, and not a router. But it has 4 gigabit ethernet ports, and as usual this means it operates as a gigabit switch for local devices connected to it.
The ex6200 will makes a wifi client connection to the Unite. Most Netgear extenders create their own SSID for wifi connections (by default adding _ext to the Unite SSID). They also map mac addresses when they forward traffic to the Unite, so they operate as a layer 2 switch for both wifi and ethernet. I expect the ex6200 will also have more range than the Unite (and it certainly can be placed to expand wifi coverage if that is needed).
So the Unite provides DHCP addresses and routing functions to all devices connected to the ex6200. The ex6200 will switch traffic for its locally connected devices on its own, but forwards any non-local traffic to the Unite. For truly off-net traffic, the Unite of course will route to the LTE network.
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