RE: SBS DHCP & WAP config

From: Bryant Herron (BryantHerron_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:41:01 -0700

Ok, so the magical power of a reboot has manifested itself once again.
I restarted the server after installing the latest updates, and now my clients can get DHCP addresses. I nearly did a dance of joy.

The WAP reservation still shows as inactive, but I don't know if that matters at all. Anyone know? For now, just having it work is good enough for me.

Bryant

"Bryant Herron" wrote:

> 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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