On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:25:35 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
: Robert Coe <bob@1776.COM> hath wroth:
:
: >If all you
: >want to do is use your Belkin like an access point, put it in "access point"
: >mode and use only the LAN-side ports.
:
: No, do NOT put the wireless router into the "access point mode" or
: whatever Belkin calls it. Belkin has the feature on some of their
: routers, which I consider to be a PITA. As soon as you select the
: access point mode, the web based configuration interface goes away and
: never comes back. This is described somewhere in the manual. The
: only way to change any setting is to punch the reset button and start
: over.

[If you didn't like that suggestion, wait'll you see my other one!] ;^)

Actually, I've never seen that phenomenon as you've described it. What does
happen is that in access point mode a Belkin loses its ability to find its
gateway and can therefore not be managed from another subnet. And since you
can't turn off access point mode without managing it, you may be tempted to
chuck it all and reset. But if you can get your hands on the device (which you
have to do anyway for a manual reset), I think you can connect to it with a
minihub or a crossover cable and avoid the reset. Not much of a solution, I
admit.

IIRC, the cheap Linksys routers work the same way.

In any case, as I mentioned in my note, I don't think making the router an
access point will solve the OP's problem.