[Server-devel] Access Point configuration
Martin Langhoff
martin.langhoff at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 06:48:07 EDT 2009
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Joshua N Pritikin<jpritikin at pobox.com> wrote:
> 2. To not run a DHCP Server means that I should turn off DHCP
> completely? I only see options for DHCP Server and DHCP Forwarding. I
> assume I want DHCP Forwarding? Should I turn off DNSMasq?
- yes, turn off DHCP server (DNSmasq)
- I think that you want DHCP forwarding, never heard of it before. We
definitely do _not_ want the AP to block the DHCP leases that the XS
offers :-)
> Also, would be wrong to turn off DHCP for the WAN link? (I think that's
> how I bricked my router.)
Whose WAN link? The AP's WAN port? If you get it configured right, I
am hoping the AP treats all ports equally...
> The XS wants to issue DHCP assignments through the router, right?
Yes. And see a "flat" space. It network terms, you want it to stop
behaving like a router, and be a _bridge_ instead.
I don't know much about DD-WRT unfortunately. Mayb Marten knows how to
get it to be a bridge?
> schoolserver is expecting DHCPDISCOVER via the router's WAN IP? How can
> I accomplish this? The Linksys routing table is:
Once you get it to be a bridge, packages will just be copied
("bridged") over, instead of routed, and this will be a non-issue. The
DD-WRT device may still want an address (self configured or via DHCP)
but packets from wireless will appear as coming from the XO IP addr.
hth. A dd-wrt expert is clearly needed here :-)
m
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