On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:45:48 GMT, John Navas
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>On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:08:51 -0500, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
><Jack@discussiongroup.com> wrote in
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>>Hi
>>Hmm... While Access Points do not Do NAT.
>>Most Access Points (AP) do have DHCP server (including the one discussed
>>here the WG602).
>
>Not true -- the WG602, like other APs, has a DHCP _client_, not a DHCP
>_server_. The DHCP client is used to set the IP address of the web
>management interface for some other device acting as a DHCP server.

Oops -- typo. That last line should have been:

management interface from some other device acting as a DHCP server.

>>In a peer to peer Network with No Internet connection there is No need for a
>>Router, and thus No credible DHCP, so the AP has one to assign an IP to the
>>Wireless client.
>
>Again, not true -- the AP is just a bridge, and so has no role in IP
>assignment, like any other network bridge. IP assignment is typically
>done by a DHCP server on the network or manually.
>
>>Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>Perhaps you should drop the credential claim.
>
>>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>>news:lp9nl21mskibuv8ksf2vs235l0gpbp11kf@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:15:08 -0000, "Boris" <boris@gtemail.net> wrote in
>>> <4s1lbtFtmpn0U1@mid.individual.net>:
>>>
>>>>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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