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> I'm not sure if I should *ignore* the WAN port as a WAN port (view it > as another LAN port) or *not use it at all*.
On a router which has the one-step WAP option, it essentially configures the WAN port as another LAN port. On a router without the one-step WAP option, like your WNR3500, you can't use the WAN port for anything. (The C6300 in that example, is a cable-modem+router, so it has no Ethernet WAN port.) A WAP acts like a simple network switch with wireless capability. It's all-LAN, no-WAN.
> I'm also trying to figure out where to set an IP address for maintenance > of the router - on what used to be the WAN IP settings page (for a > single IP address), or as a single address in the [former] LAN network > parameters page (which configures a range of IP addresses).
Definitely not any WAN/Internet page; that interface is not used. The Basic Settings : Internet IP Address is used for the WAN interface to the ISP.
I haven't touched a WNR3500, so I'm working from the User Manual, and, according to that, what you want is LAN Setup : LAN TCP/IP Setup : IP Address (and IP Subnet Mask). The near-by "Starting IP Address" and "Ending IP Address" define the DHCP pool, which won't matter when "Use Router as DHCP Server" is UNchecked.
What you're setting is the LAN IP address of the router (formerly the default, "192.168.1.1", but that, I assume is the address of your main router, so the address of this thing must be different).
> Anyone have any idea how I would put the aforementioned router into > access mode?
I saw nothing in the WNR3500[v1] or WNR3500v2 User Manual to suggest that either of them has a one-step option to do this. One step-by-step procedure for such (less accommodating) routers should be here:
That's written for a C6300, but the steps are about the same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP option, including a WNR3500[v1].
Those walkthroughs, are, however, where I'm confused. I get the part about turning off DHCP.
I'm not sure if I should *ignore* the WAN port as a WAN port (view it as another LAN port) or *not use it at all*.
I'm also trying to figure out where to set an IP address for maintenance of the router - on what used to be the WAN IP settings page (for a single IP address), or as a single address in the [former] LAN network parameters page (which configures a range of IP addresses).
> I'm not sure if I should *ignore* the WAN port as a WAN port (view it > as another LAN port) or *not use it at all*.
On a router which has the one-step WAP option, it essentially configures the WAN port as another LAN port. On a router without the one-step WAP option, like your WNR3500, you can't use the WAN port for anything. (The C6300 in that example, is a cable-modem+router, so it has no Ethernet WAN port.) A WAP acts like a simple network switch with wireless capability. It's all-LAN, no-WAN.
> I'm also trying to figure out where to set an IP address for maintenance > of the router - on what used to be the WAN IP settings page (for a > single IP address), or as a single address in the [former] LAN network > parameters page (which configures a range of IP addresses).
Definitely not any WAN/Internet page; that interface is not used. The Basic Settings : Internet IP Address is used for the WAN interface to the ISP.
I haven't touched a WNR3500, so I'm working from the User Manual, and, according to that, what you want is LAN Setup : LAN TCP/IP Setup : IP Address (and IP Subnet Mask). The near-by "Starting IP Address" and "Ending IP Address" define the DHCP pool, which won't matter when "Use Router as DHCP Server" is UNchecked.
What you're setting is the LAN IP address of the router (formerly the default, "192.168.1.1", but that, I assume is the address of your main router, so the address of this thing must be different).
