Sounds like you are on the right track - I suppose you know that the devices marketed as AP's are just routers w/out DHCP - and much more expensive than a router - Go figure.
My Belkin 8230 router has an AP mode that it can be switched to - But you can do the same thing with any router by putting the IP address of the wireless router in the wired LAN's subnet, setting up security, channel, SSID, etc, and turning off DHCP - The access mode just turns off DHCP and puts it in the wired LAN's subnet. If you end up using a Belkin 8230, when you enable the AP mode, it will offer to assign an IP address of 192.168.2.254 - That's fine if your wired router is also a Belkin - But if it's another brand, it's likely got another subnet address than the Belkin's default of "2". Just change the wireless router's subnet to the same subnet as the wired LAN. and again, don't select an address for the wireless AP that is inside the wired router's DHCP range. And don't forget to connect the cable from the wired LAN to one of the LAN ports on the wireless router and leave the WAN port empty. Do I understand you correctly that your curret cable/DSL router has to have DHCP set up to work? That's something I've not heard before. Have you tried this: Make sure that your computer has it's ethernet adapter set to automatic, and not set up with a fixed IP address. Do whatever your A/P's manual says to reset it to Factory Default Connect the WAN port of the router that you want to be an AP to the ethernet port on your computer. Open a command Prompt and type in "ipconfig /all", without the quotes. Scroll down until you see the Gateway Address - That is the address of the router that your computer is connected to. You will also need the two DNS servers from that screen - Copy them down. Open a browser and click on stop - It's not connected to the internet, so no need for it to keep looking. Open a browser and type in http://(Gateway Address) - Using the real Gateway Address, of course. That should give you access to the wireless router's administration page - there will be no pasword, since the router has been reset. Set the channel number if you wish, or just leave it on auto. Set the SSID to what you want it to be. Delete any Domain name, unless your ISP requires it. Don't turn off DHCP yet - You will still need it for a bit - Each time you make a change, the router will restart and you want to be able to get back in. Go into the DNS settings - Uncheck auto and put in the two DNS addresses from the ipconfig screen. Set up WPA or WPA2 wireless security. Use a unique password - with WPA, you will put that same password into the adapter when you first connect to it - None of the WEP 26-digit stuff required - and WPA is supposed to be more secure. Set the time zone in the router setup, if required. Set up a security password for accessing the router - You will now need to put in the password you set up to access the router. Now set up the IP address of the wireless router to be in the wired router's subnet - The router will restart - When it completes you will not be able to connect because you have changed the address of the router - Enter the new IP address into the browser's address bar. Last thing - Now turn off DHCP and log out of the router. The wireless router will no longer respond to the computer that it is directly connected to, since the wireless router no longer has DHCP - It's now an AP. Connect your computer back to the wired LAN. Connect the AP to the wired LAN via one of the wireless router's LAN ports - Leave the WAN port open. On your computer, you should have full network and internet access again. If your computer has a fixed IP address, you can set it back to a static address now. Type in the IP address of the AP that you just set up - That will access the AP's admin page, since the AP is now on the Wired LAN subnet and using the DHCP of the wires LAN. That should do it - Let me know how it goes. -- whdean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ whdean's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85609 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
