Re: A True WAP no DHCP

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:49:44 -0500, Elroy
<Elroy.336le9@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
<Elroy.336le9@no-mx.wirelessforums.org>:

>I have a lan with 20+ computers on it. They all have Static IPs. I need
>to add a WAP to the LAN for the Laptops that are around. The subnet we
>are in is 192.168.1.0 - 255. So I use 192.168.1.1-150 for static. I want
>to add a WAP Device to server via DHCP 192.168.1.151-171 for the few
>laptops that are around. I have a Linksys WRT54G v5 but I don't know if
>it will do that. I cant seem to figure out how.
>So thats why I am here.

A pure WAP device doesn't have a DHCP server.

You can use the DHCP server in the Linksys WRT54G v5, but you should
wire it as a WAP, not a router; i.e., connect to the wired LAN with a
LAN port, not the WAN port.

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