500g as a WINS-Server in Router-Mode?

[brusch]

Hi,

I just bought my 500g a few days ago and discovered some problems. Some of these seems to be discussed here (WAN port dies, etc).

I now wonder, if it's possible zu to use the 500g as WINS Server in Router-Mode, accessible from the WAN side?

I would like to use a configuration like this (view with monospace font):

WAN
|
|
|(dynamicaly assigned)
Router A (FVS318)
|(192.168.4.1/27)
+------+------+------+
| | | |
| | | |
| PC PC PC
|
|
|(192.168.4.2)
Router B (WL 500g)
|(192.168.4.32/27)
+------+------+
~ ~ | LPR Printer
~ ~ |
Wireless WebCam
PCs


The Router A is my ISP gateway and uses NAT. The Router B is an internal Router, NAT is disabled. The Router A has a static route for the subnet behind the Router B (with the Router B's IP as gateway). Router B also serves a LPR printer and a WebCam.

The problem I have is:
- for Windows Network browsing I need a WINS Server (accessible from WAN and LAN side)
- The WebCam needs to bee accessible from WAN side without router login

Another idea would be to use the 500g in AP mode. But then I can't use the WebCam and the LPR printer.

I do try to set up a vpn between two locations and would like to use similar configuratins (both sides coupled with the FVS318 IPSec VPN and on both side a 500g for serving WebCam, Printer an wireless clients.
In this configuration, the slow WAN speed should not be a problem.

Is this possible with the 1.5.7.9 or modified firmwares?

Any help welcome...

With kind regards,
Stefan

[Oleg]

WINS server is only available in custom firmwares.
Also, using the custom firmware you could launch printing, webcam stuff in AP mode by manually configuring command execution.

[brusch]

Hi,

thanks to Oleg for the answer. I will try to get the custom firmware into my 500g. But how do I do this?

The things I would like to use from this box is only:

- use it as an access point, don't need it as a router
- use it as an WINS server as I do need on in my home network (and it seems a good idea for me, to use a low power consumption device that is running all the time for this)
- use it a a printer server (same reason as above)
- use it for a web cam (which should be accessible without a password)

Get this all running would be ok for me, I don't need the other stuff.
:-)

I'll try it ... would be good to have a how-to to explain how to flach the firmware and how to start the things needed....

With kind regards,
Stefan