====== Switch configuration ======

This page will discuss the GUI Configuration of the Routers Switch(Ethernet Ports).



===== Overview =====

==== Level of difficulty ===

   Medium


==== Related topics ====

  * [[documentation:configuration:config_files:config_network|/etc/config/config_network]]
  
===== Instructions =====
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==== GUI ====

DD-WRT NXT provides high-level control over the underlying configuration for the available switch ports

The default configuration interface looks as following:

{{:howto:general:network:nxt-default-switch-config.png?direct|}}

Per default, all ethernet ports are assigned to LAN,
every attached device is part of the LAN-Network per default.

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==== Assign Switch port to WAN ====
A need for configuring the switch ports may be, that you want to move a LAN Port, to the WAN-Network.
One might have a setup similar to:

Ethernet-PC1----(PORT 1)DD-WRT NXT(WAN)----MODEM


Where PC1, should be in the same Network, as the WAN side of your DD-WRT NXT router and the Modem.


The GUI configuration would look as follows:

{{:howto:general:network:additional-wan-port.png?direct|}}

With this configuration, the PC1 will now receive an IP from the Modem or the DHCP Server in the WAN-Network, if the setup provides this


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===== Troubleshooting =====

Not available, yet