Help me please

[nokevin]

I have my desktop PC plugged via cable into a my 4 port router, also plugged into the router is a WAP that is conecting my daughters PC that is upstairs in her bedroom. I can access the routers configuration tool by typing a 192.xxx.x.x into my web browser, but when i type in the 192.xxx.x.x to access the WAP configuration tool it looks for a web site, what am i doing wrong please.

Thanks
Steve

[M/Q]

If the router and WAP are from the same manufacturor, there is a good chance that they have the same initial IP address for setting up. Unplug the WAP from the router and connect the computer directly to the WAP via the CAT5 cable and then try the address. It should work then, make sure to change its IP address to maybe one number up from the existing one so the router and WAP will not be in conflict.

[nokevin]

The router is a ZyXEL & the WAP is a minitar, is it not possable to do this with out unpluging and pluging in the PC ?

Thanks Steve

[M/Q]

If they have the same initial setup IP address, that is the only way to get it configured. Just bring the WAP to the desktop and plug it it. It does not have to be in its fianl location. You are just going to configure the device

[nokevin]

The router and the WAP dont have the same IP's. what now ?

Steve

[M/Q]

So, now can you get into each nodes configuration utility and setup the SSID, channel and all the other setups? If so, then you just make everything the same, except have the two devices on different channels like one and eleven, so that they do not interfere.

That should be it, unless there is another problem, that you did not mention in the first post.

[nokevin]

No i still cant get in, i can access the router but not the WAP, if i plug the WAP into the pc via the cat5 then yes i can but i cant access it when its pluged into the router, im doing somthing wrong but i dont know what

Steve

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[M/Q]

So are you saying that you can not access the WAP wirelessly? Do you have the pc client and WAP configured the same? I would like to know model numbers as I am still not clear as to what the problem is.

You have a router that has a WAN port that is connected to the Internet. you then have a pc wired into the switch portion of that same router. You also have a WAP wired into the switch portion of the router and you can not access the network from the upstairs pc. Where is the WAP in relation to the upstairs pc?

[nokevin]

Ok, the main PC is downstairs in my office, its plugged into a 4-port router via the CAT5 cable. The router is plugged into the DSL. Also plugged into the router via CAT5 cable is a wireless AP that is supplying my daughters PC (upstairs in her bedroom) with wireless Internet. What I need to do is access the wireless access point configuration setup from my PC, the reason for this is that I have an agreement with 4 of my neighbors, so they can also have wireless internet (via a roof antenna I have). I need to access the “set up” in the WAP from my main PC so I can set up the WEP and see how much they are consuming but I cant get into the set up of the WAP. The router has a different IP from the WAP, I can access the routers “set up” no problem but not the WAP

Thanks
Steve
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