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From: Bob on 26 Feb 2010 10:04
On 26/02/2010 14:41, ps56k wrote:

>
> grabbing the manual -
> ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/WNR2000_UM_24FEB09.pdf

If you don't mind that some of the items are in French you can find a
few Netgear Simulators here:-
<http://firmware.netgear-forum.com/index.php?act=interface>
From: alexd on 26 Feb 2010 11:20
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:08:51 +0000, sid wrote:

> "ps56k" <pschuman_no_spam_me(a)interserv.com> wrote in message
> news:hm3epg$vpc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...

>> you do understand the difference between a "wireless router" and
>> "wireless access point" ?
>
> My networking skills are such that I wouldn't be certain of the
> dictionary definitions but realise that a router is probably overkill
> for this situation.

At this level, the difference between the two is very little. The router
will have it's LAN switch and wireless bridged together, an AP will have
it's single LAN port and wireless bridged togther. The router will have a
port labelled WAN and if you ignore it and turn off DHCP you will have
yourself an AP.

>> If you wanted to just add a "wireless access point", why did the boss
>> purchase a "router" ?

The economics of it mean that things labelled 'router' are cheaper than
things labelled 'AP', even though the chips inside and OS are virtually
identical.

> Cos he's the boss ;-)
> This happened before he involved me to try & sort things out.

'twas ever thus!

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From: DanS on 26 Feb 2010 12:43
> I assume that a DHCP server never blindly allocates an addr without
> sniffing to see if it's being used by a static device first?

Your assumption is most likely wrong.

(I am not fully aware how all DHCP servers in all devices work, maybe some
do check, but I've never seen it.)
From: George on 26 Feb 2010 15:16
On 2/26/2010 12:43 PM, DanS wrote:
>> I assume that a DHCP server never blindly allocates an addr without
>> sniffing to see if it's being used by a static device first?
>
> Your assumption is most likely wrong.
>


Depends, some (many?) can be set to do conflict detection.

> (I am not fully aware how all DHCP servers in all devices work, maybe some
> do check, but I've never seen it.)

From: DanS on 26 Feb 2010 15:26
George <george(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in
news:hm9a6s$i9l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org:

> On 2/26/2010 12:43 PM, DanS wrote:
>>> I assume that a DHCP server never blindly allocates an addr without
>>> sniffing to see if it's being used by a static device first?
>>
>> Your assumption is most likely wrong.
>>
>> (I am not fully aware how all DHCP servers in all devices work, maybe
>> some do check, but I've never seen it.)

> Depends, some (many?) can be set to do conflict detection.

.......hence the *most likely* wrong and the disclaimer about not being
familiar with every device the offers DHCP!

Regardless (no, not irregardless) of whether or not any DHCP server does do
conflict detection, it should still be set up with a proper scope. A device
with a static IP that is in-scope may not be attached to the network (or
powered down) when the DHCP server does the conflict detection anyway.
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