....because there is no clarity here who is assigning it it's IP
address. There are two units here capable of giving out addresses from
separate DHCP ranges or conflicting ranges. If they use the exact same
default IP (192.168.1.1) neither would work.

....because a wireless AP unit can bridge traffic onto an existing
Wired connection and if he can't connect wirelessly, wired eliminates
complexity.


Professionally, you usually cable into an AP unit and configure it
before deploying it. Relying on DHCP to give it some random address
means you'll have no idea what IP to address to. Just guess until you
get it right??



"riggor99999" <riggor99999@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"DigitalVinyl" <DigitalVinyl@internet.com> wrote in message
>news:g8lsm15b7atb8l0dnqpsipgq4mgg87c2n6@4ax.com.. .
>> "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.
>
>

DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)