Axel Hammerschmidt wrote:
> Peter Pan <PeterPanNOSPAM@AkamailNOSPAM.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I'm assuming (<---uh oh) you only want to use it as an AP for your
>> laptop, but still allow access to everything else... Turn off the
>> DHCP server, set the IP address to something in the same subnet you
>> are already on,
>
> This is not necessary to get the router or an AP to work. The ip
> address kan be anything in the local ip address range - just as long
> as the OP doesn't mind re-assigning the ip-address on the pc used to
> connect to the router's (or AP's) configuration page.
>

Note the second part of the assumption... "but still allow access to
everything else... " most firewalls (including the one in XP-SP2) will
isolate different subnets.. By making it the same subnet, you still allow
access to everything else...

>> and use the router part plugged into your existing network..
>>
>> Think three things in one box with a wap/router combo... Wan in,
>> then the WAP, then the router... You basically will probably only
>> want the WAP part for your wireless notebook (internally connects to
>> the router part, basically makes it an AP on your existing network,
>> usually has the same subnet address so it can see other devices on
>> the network).
>
> I'm not sure, but should not the router (the one that is to be used as
> an AP) be connected (plugged into the existing network) by one of its
> LAN ports, and not by the WAN port?

Yup, that's EXACTLY what it said in the part (after the comma) you snipped
(and then included later on)... Was "on, and use
the router part plugged into your existing network." .