internet through lan through router to wifi

Question

I've been connecting to the internet through a LAN-cable, all I needed to do was give my ISP the mac-address of my eth-card and it works.

Now i want to bridge the connection through a router to enable internet sharing through wifi, I've got a Thomson Speedtouch 585 v6 with firmware 8.2.7.7 running on it. I need to somehow enable a eth-port as a dhcp-client, set the mac-address on it and then use the routers wifi to work as a dhcp servder for my wireless computers so they can access the internet.

Anyone with some insight on this?

Answer 1

Found this!

Firmware version 6.1 or higher:

:ppp relay flush
:ppp flush
:eth flush
:atm flush
:atm phonebook flush
:eth bridge ifdelete intf=ethport4
:eth ifadd intf=eth_wan
:eth ifconfig intf=eth_wan dest=ethif4
:eth ifattach intf=eth_wan
:ip ifadd intf=ip_wan_eth dest=eth_wan
:ip ifconfig intf=ip_wan_eth status=up
:ip ifconfig intf=ip_wan_eth hwaddr=00:11:42:0c:65:1d <-- This line is only needed if you need MAC address cloning
:ip ifattach intf=ip_wan_eth
:nat ifconfig intf=ip_wan_eth translation=enabled
:dhcp client ifadd intf=ip_wan_eth
:dhcp client ifconfig intf=ip_wan_eth metric=5 dnsmetric=5
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=dhcp-lease-time
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=dhcp-renewal-time
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=dhcp-rebinding-time
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=subnet-mask
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=classless-static-routes
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=default-routers
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=classfull-static-routes
:dhcp client rqoptions add intf=ip_wan_eth option=domain-name-servers
:dhcp client ifattach intf=ip_wan_eth
:saveall

It works brilliantly. Thanks to http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1025362, just remember to update the firmware!

Answer 2

The user's guide for your router can be found here (PDF):
http://www.cerberusnetworks.co.uk/PDF/ST585_UserGuide.pdf

Based on a quick look at the device, I don't think it can do what you need it to. There are two issues:

1. The device is intended to use the dsl port as the WAN port, so the factory firmware won't support dhcp to just the remaining ports. More importantly, it only supports the layer 3 (router) functions you need to route packets correctly between the local network and public internet between the ports on the lan side of the device and the dsl port on the WAN side. It won't know how to treat one of the lan ports as your internet connection.
2. All the LAN ports likely have the same mac address, and this device is unlikely to support mac spoofing.

That said, you might get lucky and it could work out one of two ways:

1. A more thorough reading of the linked document might prove me wrong (though I doubt it).
2. You might be able to load something like dd-wrt, open-wrt, or tomato on the device, at which point you have a pretty good chance of making this work.

Also, you can get a wireless router off the shelf for <$40 just about anywhere that will do this, or for <$20 if you know where to look online (newegg.com or amazon would both do this).