Robert Heller wrote: > I would guess that the OP just wants a Wireless Access Point. It is > hard (impossible at retail outlets) to get 'just an Access Point', > although I think Linksys, et. al. still make just plain Access Points > these are no longer commonly available at the retail level. > > I am using a Netgear 'Wireless Router' as an Access Point. *I* don't > even have broadband Internet at all (I use dialup). Just leave the WAN > jack unconnected. Use a machine with a wired network (RJ45) that gets > its IP address via DHCP and connect this with an Cat5 cable to any of > the LAN ports on the Router, let it get an address automagically from > the router and connect to the router via the router's default IP > address with a web browser. You should then be able to 'login' to the > admin pages using the default username and password. If you can, you > can disable the WAN (in the case of the cheap Netgear box, you can't > and it will bitch and moan about not having internet access to check > for firmware updates -- I just ignore it). I just disable the router's > DHCP server, set its IP address to something consistent with my LAN (a > static IP address in the same subnet, with the proper netmask, etc.), > tell it to use *my* DHCP server, default route, etc. Oh, and set up its > SSID and security. I run DHCP on my desktop for my LAN. Once the router > is set up to work with your LAN, just jack a Cat5 from any of its LAN > ports to your switch. That is more or less exactly what I'm hoping to achieve - except that I would like my server also to be my DHCP server. But I'll start off with you method, and see how I get on. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland