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Shootist
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join:2003-02-10
Decatur, GA

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Re: Method for using a wireless router as AP

said by Chizep:
Great thread Shootist See Profile!
said by Shootist:

2. Disable the DHCP server on the wireless router.

Depending on what router you have, you don't necessarily have to disable DHCP. You can configure the scope of IP addresses that are assigned. So you could just tell it to not assign 192.168.1.2 (or whatever IP you assign to that WAP.)

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Well if you don't disable the DHCP on the second, wireless, router and you connect them together from LAN port to LAN port you will have the 2 DHCP servers trying to assign IP addresses to every PC on the LAN. You must have only 1 DHCP server for each LAN segment.

Chizep
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join:2002-04-07
Concord, NC

Chizep

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said by Shootist:
Well if you don't disable the DHCP on the second, wireless, router and you connect them together from LAN port to LAN port you will have the 2 DHCP servers trying to assign IP addresses to every PC on the LAN. You must have only 1 DHCP server for each LAN segment.

Oops. You're right. You would want to disable DHCP on the wireless router. I read that wrong. I was thinking about DHCP on the existing wired router.