can a router assign ip's over its wan port?

[Frankie²]

i have this odd issue
basically the wiring in this house is super weird and i was wondering if its possible to have the google onhub assign ips to stuff plugged into the ethernet outlets (back over the wan port in the router)

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[Headcrab Zombie]

i'm no networking expert but I've always done modem -> router -> switch instead of modem -> switch -> router

but in the former case, yeah, that's pretty much one of the points of a router

[Kyuande]

Some modems/routers allow you to do an "AP Mode" which basically traces everything back to the main router that provides everything such as assigning IPs to each device on the network

[Frankie²]

i'm no networking expert but I've always done modem -> router -> switch instead of modem -> switch -> router

yeah thats what i would like to do but that isnt feasible without putting the router in the basement (stuffty wifi)

Some modems/routers allow you to do an "AP Mode" which basically traces everything back to the main router that provides everything such as assigning IPs to each device on the network

but there isnt any other router

[Headcrab Zombie]

yeah thats what i would like to do but that isnt feasible without putting the router in the basement (stuffty wifi)

so what's going on exactly?
like, have you bought this already and are trying to make it work, or are you making sure it will work before buying it?
what is you previous/current setup?

Some modems/routers allow you to do an "AP Mode" which basically traces everything back to the main router that provides everything such as assigning IPs to each device on the network

yeah but there is no main router in his setup

unless his modem is also a router, but he didn't indicate that
edit:

but there isnt any other router

yeah

[Kyuande]

what he could do is move the google onhub to the modem and let the google onhub handle the rest

[Frankie²]

so what's going on exactly?
like, have you bought this already and are trying to make it work, or are you making sure it will work before buying it?
what is you previous/current setup?

i havent bought anything and id like to see if my idea would work before i spent $400 on networking equipment
its a new house that my brother is buying that has some previous stuff in it (switch with the ethernet leading to the outlets in the rooms)

what he could do is move the google onhub to the modem and let the google onhub handle the rest

stuffty wifi

[Headcrab Zombie]

stuffty wifi

i don't get it

i mean

my understanding is you have coax in basement, and want to run a long cable to upstairs and put router there
but i don't understand how position of switch changes that
run a long cable between moden and router, then put switch there?

[ZSNO]

If you have a DHCP server running on a WAN port, bad stuff happens...
Like your ISP sending you a nice letter saying to stop or else.

[Headcrab Zombie]

If you have a DHCP server running on a WAN port, bad stuff happens...
Like your ISP sending you a nice letter saying to stop or else.

I think he's confusing WAN and WLAN

[KoopaScooper]

It's possible through vLANs but I doubt your switch is managed.  Either way your network layout is insecure (computers connecting directly to the modem with no internal firewall) and should probably just be redone.

[Frankie²]

i don't get it

i mean

my understanding is you have coax in basement, and want to run a long cable to upstairs and put router there
but i don't understand how position of switch changes that
run a long cable between moden and router, then put switch there?

switch is a big one (24 ports) and in a place where moving it would make more trouble because of all the wiring that goes to it

[HooperScooper]

I always associate WAN with Doggo because when you pet him the text "wan" appears by doggo's mouth

[#Jeetlor]

You have to discombobulate the whatyoumacallit.

[HooperScooper]

You have to discombobulate the whatyoumacallit.

you stole the phrase I say when I don't know what to do from me