Re: SBS DHCP & WAP config

From: Michael Sainz (mike_at_siliconmatrix(remove).net)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:41:22 -0700

I would double check the settings on the WAP, or see if you can force a DHCP
RELEASE and RENEW from the WAP and not just reset it. I also know that some
WAPs can be set up to not allow pass-through of traffic to its hardware
port, and it just stick managing wireless clients.

Michael

"Bryant Herron" <BryantHerron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9BA2131A-DE88-4C53-9E59-D6698F80FD74@microsoft.com...
> Could I use more acronyms in a title? I guess I could try.
>
> Anyway, after struggling off and on with a wireless router trying to act
as just a WAP, I decided to just buy the right equipment for the job, and
buy a WAP. I now have a netgear 802.11g WAP.
>
> I have the WAP plugged into the LAN side NIC on my server. I first set a
static IP on the WAP, just so I could connect to the WAP from the server,
which worked fine.
> I then created a reservation in my DHCP pool for the WAP, with its desired
IP and its MAC address.
>
> Next I turned the WAP back to DHCP client, and rebooted the WAP to try to
have it pull the IP. The WAP continued to use the IP i want it to reserve
from the server instead of its default. I can ping the WAP and access its
config from a web browser.
>
> However, in my DHCP pool it shows the reservation, but shows (inactive)
next to it. Also, my clients cannot communicate with the DHCP server to get
an IP wirelessly.
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?

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