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All, I did mention this in private comments to Peter. Just make sure that you disable NAT, DHCP, and routing before plugging in a routing access point like this. Otherwise, you may be causing interference for other network operations within your building. Doug John Valenti wrote: > Peter, > > I had similar problems with a Linksys wireless router. The very bright > student that works for me figured out that plugging the MSUnet > connection into one of the regular network ports (instead of special > port for uplink) made it work as an access point (bridging, I suppose?) > instead of a router. > > Mine was a model WRT54G. It acts as a switch among 4 10/100 ports, plus > has a port marked "Internet". > > Possibly your Motorola would do the same thing.... > -John > > Peter J Murray wrote: > > > Hello > > > > We want to add a wireless access point to our small library at James > > Madison, and I picked up a Motorola WR850G for around $60. The WR850G > > is a router (not just an access point because it's easier to find > > routers on the shelves). I'm sure it's just a matter of some sort of > > configuration, but I want it to function as an access point, that is to > > pass through DHCP requests to the appropriate MSU resources, get an IP > > address from MSU's DHCP system. I shut off NAT and the router's built > > in DHCP, but no luck. > > > > Is it even possible to do this, or do I need to return it for an 'access > > point'? You can configure all sorts of things, and turn on RIP v1 and > > v2 and add routes and what not. I'm sure I'm just missing something. > > > > PM > > James Madison College > > > > Doug Nelson, Network Manager | [log in to unmask] Academic Computing and Network Services | Ph: (517) 353-2980 Michigan State University | http://www.msu.edu/~nelson/