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On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, tom wrote: > There is (was??) a rule that said for DHCP there should be no more than > one thing in-between the server and the client > so DHCP -- ACCESS POINT -- CLIENT should be OK but no hubs or nothing.... Hubs and switches are fine, however routers aren't - well - mostly. DHCP relies on network broadcasts and traditionally broadcasts don't pass through routers, however in some cases you can make some broadcasts pass through some routers, and sometimes it's needed. I built just such a network many years ago and we were using Cisco routers, and Cisco handily had a DHCP assist rule (or whatever it was called) that specifically allowed DHCP broadcast requests to pass through to a nominated DHCP server on the other side. Another issue that may not be an issue at all in these enlightened days is multiple clients behind a single point - some access points (or very probably client access bridges) will only present their own MAC address to the DHCP server - this was fixed in DHCP v.3 though and that's been standard for a long time. I fell foul of this once upon a time when building a community Wi-Fi network. But in-general, recycling a router with Wi-Fi as a basic access point should be straightforward by simply turning off DHCP unless you want it to act as the DHCP server for the network anyway. Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html