Osx as a router ?

What router do you use at the moment?

neo737 wrote:

I have moved house and currently have no router near my ReadyNAS duov1. I have good wifi signal(after using Ethernet over power line and a spare router) to a Mac mini OSX10.7 which is next to my duo. Is it possible to have my mac act as router and share the duos data across the network? I guess the Mac mini could creates it own wifi network (albeit with limited wifi strength) on a different SSID? Second question - if that isn't a workable solution - can I get another router to join the existing network and connect it to the duo and Mac mini? Is this bridge mode? Thanks for any advice

Since you have ethernet to the Mac Mini, the best answer is to get a gigabit switch, not a router. Then just connect the Mac and the Duo to the switch (and the switch to the router). Inexpensive 5-port switches can be found for about $25 US.

Check out the datasheet though, and make sure you get one with 802.3x (flow control).

I have a billion 7404VNOX. Then a netcomm 500 Ethernet over powerline to a old netgear DG834GSPv3.

So with a switch I can have the duo available over the entire network not just the Mac mini?

What I was wondering if I got a router would I get better wifi reception for the mini and duo(and other devices such an airport express which I find struggles with wifi as it's located on ground behind lots of metal gadgets).

Thanks for heads up regarding flow control and any other ideas.

neo737 wrote:
So with a switch I can have the duo available over the entire network not just the Mac mini?

Yes. And with a router, you might not have access to the duo over the entire network.

neo737 wrote:
What I was wondering if I got a router would I get better wifi reception for the mini and duo(and other devices such an airport express which I find struggles with wifi as it's located on ground behind lots of metal gadgets).

Well, the duo can't receive WiFi anyway.

You could possibly get a router and deploy it as an Access Point (not as a router). If you do that, you can connect the mac mini and the duo to the ethernet ports of the AP. Most newer netgear routers support that configuration. That would also let you access the duo over the full network.

Yep well aware the duo doesn't have wifi. So now I guess what I'm really looking for is a gigabit router with ac wifi(future proofing) that provides AP mode?

Any recommendations?

neo737 wrote:
Yep well aware the duo doesn't have wifi. So now I guess what I'm really looking for is a gigabit router with ac wifi(future proofing) that provides AP mode? Any recommendations?

Check this link for a list of Netgear wireless AC routers and compare it to each other: http://www.netgear.com/home/products/ne ... i-routers/

802.11AC only works with 5 ghz spectrum.

Anything with a model number over R6300 will serve for 802.11ac - and I believe they all have AP mode). Certainly the R6300 and R7000 do.

But if budget is a constraint, you will get good performance with 802.11n dual band.

Ok I've got a Netgear WNDR3800 running dd-wrt firmware setup in client bridge mode(followed the instructions from http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged).

I have my mac mini browsing the web via ethernet from the wndr3800 - so it appears to be working ok. I have the duo connected to wndr3800 and it can be seen in finder on the mac mini.

However I can't browse any content of the duo. Launching raidar and selecting setup the browser fails to load 10.1.1.4(from memory I think this is the address) - it just hangs.
In finder selecting the duo it says "connection failed". So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Many thanks for advice.

Can you confirm the IP address of both the duo and the mac? Are both associated with the WNDR3800?

Also, if you have a networked printer you might check to see if that is reachable.

Thanks for the reply. The ip address of the mac mini is 192.168.1.8

The ip address of the duo when launching raidar lists it as being 10.1.1.4 - when selecting "setup" from raidar it attempts to launch a browser with 10.1.1.4 and it fails to load a page. How do I get the duo to have a ip address that will function. I guess it needs to be 192.168.1.xx?

With regards to being associated with the 3800? well mac mini is able to browse internet using ethernet to the 3800 and of course the duo is plugged in via ethernet.

The networked printer is accessible wirelessly and I've just tested it prints.

Thanks