Routing / Networking Question

[MickMcGeough]

I've got the Telus Actiontek modem/router and a D-Link DIR-628. Clients include a Vista HTPC, MacBook Pro, iPhone, and Win7 laptop.

The DIR-628 is operating in 5Ghz mode (doesn't support simultaneous dual-band). I require the 5Ghz for streaming HD from the MacBook Pro to the HTPC.

Of course the iPhone only connects at 2.4Ghz and therefore must connect via the Actiontek 2.4Ghz.

What I want is to have the DIR-628 handle the IP assignment, and have it share a subnet with the Actiontek, so that all clients can be on the same 192.168.1.x subnet.

I hope that's enough information. Any suggestions?

[sclitheroe]

Easier to go the other way around. Put the DIR-628 into bridge or wireless access point mode.

Unless, of course, you can easily put the Actiontek modem/router unit into bridge mode, but my 30 second googling suggests this isn't easy. And if you've got Optik TV, I bet using it in bridge mode would make getting any kind of tech support hell.

[mykalberta]

Isnt the DIR-628 dual band? Why not have the phone connect to the DIR?

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

Isnt the DIR-628 dual band? Why not have the phone connect to the DIR?

It doesn't support simultaneous dual-band, so I have to give up the performance from 5Ghz mode if I want the phone to connect.

[MickMcGeough]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Easier to go the other way around. Put the DIR-628 into bridge or wireless access point mode.

Unless, of course, you can easily put the Actiontek modem/router unit into bridge mode, but my 30 second googling suggests this isn't easy. And if you've got Optik TV, I bet using it in bridge mode would make getting any kind of tech support hell.

Neither supports bridge mode.

Looks like I might be out of luck...