"DigitalVinyl" <DigitalVinyl@internet.com> wrote in message
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> "dazzler" <123@321.com> wrote:
>
>>ok i need help on setting up a wireless network
>>
>>ok the set up i have is
>>
>>cable modem > wired router > wireless access point > desktop pc with a pci
>>wireless card and a notbook with internal wireless
>>
>>so i then try to connect the pc to the access point to get to the config
>>page, i change my wireless addapters settings (to connet to the ip of the
>>access point) and then try to connect using the ip in the manual but thats
>>as far as i get i dose not find it, nor can i do the same on the laptop
>>
>>anyone got any ideas?
>>
>>p.s. i am trying to set up the AP while hard wired to it
>>
>
>
> Don't connect the access point to the router.
> Wire your laptop to the AP's LAN ports
> Then i'd follow the previous poster. Disable the DHCP of the AP.
>
> You'll run into trouble if you have two DHCP server, especially since
> they both will use the same address. All linksys devices tend to use
> 192.168.1.1 and you can't have duplicates.
>
> With the router handing out DHCP and the AP just bridging you should
> be good.
> DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)

Why would you want to connect directly to the AP to administer it? When you
have AP's all over the place - it's impractical and defeats the purpose of
having an AP on the network. The AP is just another Ethernet device with a
built in web page - that you can administer from any PC on the network.