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[Bantol]

I bought my router last year before I went to school and later discovered that the system automatically bans routers on the school network.  In review of the policy, while routers are banned, access points, switches, and wireless bridges are allowed.  So I need a way to configure my DIR-655 to behave like it is a wireless switch, access point, or a wireless bridge. 

The system also seems to register a false positive when you have a laptop in sleep mode and you bring it back online while its still plugged in to the wall, momentarily generating a router-quarantine notice.

Any help about what method they would be using to detect the router would help, in addition to configuration help for the router.

[EddieZ]

Connect the WAN cable to a DIR LAN port and the DIR will act as AP. You canYou need some manual IP configuration.
But since we, in our virtual world, can't see or feel the router detection nobody here can predict whether it will work or not.

You can find a hands on (generic) manual for setting a router as AP everywhere through Google.

[Bantol]

When you say manual IP configuration, do you mean that the router's individual device IP would need to be adjusted?  Also, is it possible to make the configuration page for the router unreachable?

[EddieZ]

When you say manual IP configuration, do you mean that the router's individual device IP would need to be adjusted?  Also, is it possible to make the configuration page for the router unreachable?

1. Probably, local situations may differ. So no way to make sure.
2. Why? The router has password protection....

[tentimes]

Why would they ban routers? Just curious

[Sammydad1]

additional routers in that environment probably add to tech support load they already have to contend with.... or at least maybe the school believes it will.

It may also add NAT issues that further complicate packetload....

[TheWitness]

The reason that routers are  banned is that they provide DHCP services, which, if on the same network as the main DHCP server, impact services.

For that matter, switches 'can' be evil too.  But the DHCP issues is a big on.  You plug the router in the wrong way, and then there is a race between you and the actual DHCP server to grant IP address.  Result, lot's of help desk calls, and you port get's disabled.

TheWitness

[Bantol]

Thank you for all the responses.  As Sammydad1 suggested, its doube-NAT that they're trying to avoid.  I was wondering about making the config page unreachable because their system might be making a call to the computer's IP to see if a router config page will open up.  They do have software we have to install before we can connect to the internet.

[iggy]

What is the need for this complication?