Hi
If you have a Router with DHCP On, you should configure the Access Point to
be on the same subnet as the Router, and switch off in the Access Point's
DHCP or and, any other settings but the Wireless security. The Access Point
should be transparent and management done by the Router.
Jack (MVP-Networking).
"Nick Le Lievre" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I've just bought an Acer 5633WLMI notebook and can't get the wireless
> working. What I have is an Adaptec 802.11b Access point and the
> intergrated wireless in the laptop is 802.11g,b & a.
>
> I have the Access point set to IP 192.168.0.254 SM 255.255.255.0 and the
> laptop to 192.168.0.3 SM 255.255.255.0 and using Windows inbuilt wireless
> networking I can see my wireless network and connect to it.
>
> However I cannot ping the Access Points IP from the laptop but the Access
> point is connected to a Wired Router with hub and I can ping and access
> the Access Point from the wired network.
>
> I can get on the Internet with the laptop if I plug it into the wired
> network via the RJ-45 port. For some reason I cannot ping the Access point
> when the IPs are in the correct range. I`ve used this Access Point before
> with success with a PCMCIA Wi-Fi 802.11b WiFi card I used to have.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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