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Dave Liquorice[_2_] · 13-12-2012, 04:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:05:02 +0000 (GMT), wrote:

That's easy, and not relevant. The point is that the kitchen wireless
router is attached to a single port on the office router, which then
talks to the outside world. If you have two devices on the kitchen
router, you will have two Internet addresses that then filter through
a single one.

No the two devices in the kitchen Access Point will be given their own IP
individual address's by the DHCP server on that LAN segment. That server
will normally be in the ADSL modem/router. The AP will also obtain it's
IP address from the same DHCP server so you can connecct to it for
configuration etc.

Indeed, there might be problems even if the kitchen router assigns
Internet addresses to the wireless devices used in the kitchen.

Agreed, two DHCP servers in the same LAN segment are not good news.
Nothing brreaks as such but wierd things can happen that can change
depending on which address the device gets. The AP needs it's DHCP
*server* turning off.

It will depend a great deal on the office router's attitude to packet
filtering and default routing.

I think you are going to deep, this is domestic with unmanaged
switches/routers. Essentially you set the AP in bridge mode and it just
becomes a bit of ethernet cable (without the copper) from the ADSL/Modem
router to any device that succesfully connects to the wireless side.

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Cheers
Dave.