"-keevill-" <keevillus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4759f7df$0$26046$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
>I have an office network with 5 wireless access point /routers giving
>access to all areas of the office. They are connected via LAN cable to the
>central switch. I have configured each one with DHCP with ranges which do
>not overlap each other. I am told that this is a bad idea and that I should
>just configure one of them as a DHCP server and disable the others for
>this.
> If I do that , then only machines which are within range of the wireless
> router config for DHCP can connect. Others, Since they can't reach the one
> config for DHSP they cannot get IP addresses.
> Is this normal?
> How should I proceed please?
> I prefer not to give fixed IP to all machines - about 50 .
>

Question: Why not setup a central DHCP server (separate from the access
points) for wired and wireless clients? I guess I am curious if you have
any wired clients? If so - how are they getting their addresses? Can you
use the same server you are using for DNS?