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dgbowen

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April 12th, 2005 00:00

wireless router as access point?

I've been experimenting with a Belkin router just to learn.
I note that one of the settings is "use as access point only".
What does this mean, and when would you use it this way?
Doesn't the router have to issue an IP to a wireless client?
I'd like to configure the router as an "access point" just to learn
how it's done. Can anyone outline the steps to do this?

router = Belkin f5d6231-4 802.11B wireless router.

thanks in advance for your help!

jwatt

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April 12th, 2005 18:00

It strikes me as odd that both of the Belkin manuals I've looked at say to leave the Ethernet cable connected to the WAN side of the device after changing its operating mode to an access point. All of Dell's wireless routers need to have the Ethernet cable moved to one of the LAN ports in order for the device to function as an access point. That also seems to be true for the Linksys WRT54GS, judging from some of the replies in this thread.

I don't have any Dell, Belkin, or Linksys access points running, so take this thought with the grain of salt it deserves! :)

Jim

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April 13th, 2005 17:00

The reason it asks you for an IP address is so that you can address(configure, name, ping) it on the LAN.  Since it's a device and not a computer, it's best to statically configure this to a certain IP so that it doens't change.  Things like print servers and SAN devices usually play nicer with static IP addresses.

FIRESTORM_v1

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April 13th, 2005 18:00

Ignore my previous message..  It was put here by mistake.

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