John Navas wrote:

> John Navas wrote:
>
> > Jack \(MVP-Networking\) wrote:

> >>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.

Some AP's do indeed have a DHCP server

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=326

: The DWL-G700AP also includes an embedded DHCP server that can
: automatically assign IP addresses to wireless network clients.

However, there is no mention of a DHCP server on the data sheet for the
WG602:

http://www.netgear.com/upload/produc...s_ds_wg602.pdf

(microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless snipped - my isp's news
server does not carry this NG)