> do u mean my laptop or the AP?
>
> i assigned nothing - that 192.0.2.1 is teh IP of AP at the factory
> level reset.

The AP will have a default address. You will need to configure an IP
address for your laptop otherwise you can't communicate with the AP.

Try 192.0.2.2 with a mask of 255.255.255.0

That does seem a very odd default IP address though?

David.