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Old 11-15-2006, 11:49 PM
John Navas
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Default Re: Access point: Second laptop kicks first one out

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:15:08 -0000, "Boris" <boris@gtemail.net> wrote in
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>David Hettel wrote:
>> If your WG602 had a DHCP server, and the NAT that goes with that it
>> would appear to your ISP as one device taking up one IP address. As
>> it is now your network appears to your ISP as three devices, the
>> WG602 taking one IP address and your two laptops each with a
>> different IP address. Your ISP is providing you with three real,

>
>Is the access point itself really using another IP address? I wonder as I
>should see then its IP address when I trace the gateway's IP address?


No, since the access point is just a bridge, not a router. The IP
assigned to the AP is used only for the web management interface.

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