[DHCP] Re: Segment network for wireless

[Glenn Satchell]

On 01/08/12 13:05, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> On 1/7/2012 6:36 PM, Joe Vitti wrote:
>> Disable DHCP on the wireless device and put it in AP mode and all DHCP
>> requests will go to the Linux box.
>>
>> You can configure a static for the AP within DHCP so that you can
>> access the web config page.
>>
>
> Yeah, this is the part I'm trying to figure out. I can disable the DHCP
> server on the wireless router, but then what ... I don't know where nor
> how to set it in AP mode. It's a Netgear WNR2000v3.
>
> Right now, it wants to use 10.0.0.x as it's LAN range ... I can't change
> that either.
>
> And, after searching a bit, it looks like the only "other" mode this
> thing has is a "repeater" mode, but then one has to turn off all
> security and the speed drops considerably. That's coming from Netgear's
> own web site.
>
> So, it seems I'm stuck.

Most wireless devices default to AP or Bridge mode, so just turn off the 
dhcp server in the wireless unit, plug it in and see what happens. It 
should "just work" handing out IPs from the linux dhcp server.

Repeater mode is for where you want to extend an existing wireless 
network's range. It acts as a wireless client to the main wireless 
access point, then re-broadcasts the signals to other wireless clients.

regards,
-glenn