Share internet connection to QNAP

[dulcifium]

I can get the WNR3500 for almost half that - will that do too?

[P3R]

Thanks. £100 is very pricey (10x the 100Mb equivalent) but if it can do wireless bridge I might be able to make it work.

It's less than £50 in my market. Maybe the reason for your extreme pricing is that it's being replaced by something else and available only in a few rip-off stores?

Edit: added the quote to make the response more understandable.

[P3R]

I can get the WNR3500 for almost half that - will that do too?

You'll have to do your shopping research yourself. Look at the specifications if it does have a gigabit switch and at the DD_WRT-site if it's compatible.

[caoimhinp]

Hey, if you can post an anonymized network architecture that might help me help you.

Currently, I've been doing network connection sharing with my NAS but as previously stated that is totally a pain and inefficient. I just got a usb wireless dongle (checked the supported list) and my intention is to use two interfaces. I'm setting this up tomorrow. In order to access the NAS from the Internet I've been doing ssh tunnels but that is a dirty hack. Better to spend the $20 and use a wifi dongle. This will allow me to port forward from my AP and still have the direct wired connection to my PC.

Let me (us) know what services you want accessible from where and what your current LAN looks like and we might be able to make some other suggestions.

[pwilson]

Hey, if you can post an anonymized network architecture that might help me help you.

Currently, I've been doing network connection sharing with my NAS but as previously stated that is totally a pain and inefficient. I just got a usb wireless dongle (checked the supported list) and my intention is to use two interfaces. I'm setting this up tomorrow. In order to access the NAS from the Internet I've been doing ssh tunnels but that is a dirty hack. Better to spend the $20 and use a wifi dongle. This will allow me to port forward from my AP and still have the direct wired connection to my PC.

Let me (us) know what services you want accessible from where and what your current LAN looks like and we might be able to make some other suggestions.

I recently explained one method of doing this. My advice was to a TS-212 owner, and I errantly assumed that the TS-212 supported dual Ethernet like my TS-419P+ does. The person I was helping modified my instructions to work with both WiFi and Ethernet, and claims it worked for him. Check out the message thread: Connecting the TS-212 by Wifi and by LAN at the same time

I hope it provides the tips necessary to get it working for you. I still strongly urge everyone to avoid WiFi, especially between the NAS and the router, but some people claim this isn't always possible, so my instructions, as modified by gup133 should provide the tips necessary to get it working for you.

Wired connections installed everywhere in your network is still the preferred wiring model to use, but for those who feel this isn't possible, the instructions I provided in that message should help you get it working if your situation is similar.

Patrick.

[caoimhinp]

Thanks, pwilson.

I think your post is more for the originator. I was hoping to help if they could tell me what they wanted to accomplish.

I have both interfaces working on my NAS. I can confirm that dual wired interfaces are not an option for TS-212 owners. We only have one ethernet port but the NAS supports a wifi dongle as an interface. So, I'm using the wifi as my interface for services like ssh and web. I have the ethernet connected directly to my PC and still have connection sharing setup. No issues yet.