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Title: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: kahunakurt on February 06, 2015, 01:44:48 PM
New to the forum but a d-link client for 20+ years.  I have been out of the tech world for awhile due to illness.  I had a nice home network using an 860L hooked up to a u-verse router.  Now I have an AT&T ZTE hotspot.  I want to wirelessly connect the 860L router to it and use it to control the home domain. I cannot find anything on connecting the hotspot and the 860L.  Can anyone help?  am I looking at the wrong?  Mahalo for your help.
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: FurryNutz on February 06, 2015, 01:47:27 PM
Link>Welcome! (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=48135.0)


FYI:  Bridge Mode vs Relay vs Access Point (AP) / Routers vs Dedicated Access Points (AP) (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=50738.0)
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: kahunakurt on February 06, 2015, 02:09:06 PM
A1
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: kahunakurt on February 06, 2015, 02:22:22 PM
OK. what it looks like I am asking for is bridging, which is not supported for the 860L. Am I correct after the briefer on bridging? My goal in using the 860L is to have a domain to share 2 printers, a WD 1 terabyte cloud and a semi server / work station with a terabyte of raid 5 storage. Any ideas?
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: FurryNutz on February 06, 2015, 04:38:25 PM
Ya, you'll need a bridge if your wanting to connect anything to your hot spot. I presume the hot spot doesn't have any LAN cable connector?

It maybe possible to do this:

Hot Spot> <Wireless Bridge>LAN wire>DIR-860L Wan port<>all other devices to LAN ports and WiFi from 860L I don't know if this would work or not...
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: kahunakurt on February 06, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
Is there a way to make the server/PC running windows 7, the bridge between the hotspot and the 860L? The closest to a network connection on the hotspot is a mini USB used to charge it.  When I plug the USB into the PC, it wants to use it as a storage device. The Hotspot has SD and SIMM slots. I may be thinking too hard on this. I can probably pickup a wireless bridge for the price of a Chili's burger.
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: FurryNutz on February 06, 2015, 05:56:49 PM
I think it best to install a Bridge to match the hot spots wireless speeds then see if connecting the 860L up as the host router...I think it should work ok.

What is the max Wireless connection rate speed and mode supported on the hotspot?
Title: Re: 860l router and a wireless hotspot
Post by: FurryNutz on February 27, 2015, 10:43:07 AM
Any status on this?  ???

Quote from: kahunakurt on February 06, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
Is there a way to make the server/PC running windows 7, the bridge between the hotspot and the 860L? The closest to a network connection on the hotspot is a mini USB used to charge it.  When I plug the USB into the PC, it wants to use it as a storage device. The Hotspot has SD and SIMM slots. I may be thinking too hard on this. I can probably pickup a wireless bridge for the price of a Chili's burger.