Use wireless router as access point !

If I turned off the DHCP of the wireless router, or WAP, where would the wireless machines in the other side of the house get there IP adresses from?

Internet ---- modem ---- router1 ---- router2 (WAP) ~ - ~ - ~ computers

For most small seutps, you only want one DHCP server per network. I would enale the DHCP server on ROUTER1 and disable it on ROUTER2. Assign ROUTER2 a static IP address. The DHCP server on ROUTER1 should handle all IP address assignment regardless of which router/access point the computers are attached.

Thanks for the reply. My manual only has 99 pages so we must be talking about different versions or models. This is about 4 or 5 years old and is Belkin model F5D7230-4 Version1000. It is for WinXP however. The manual only mentions WEP 64 & 128bit encryption. It has 2 verticle antennas.

I see 3 versions of the F5D7230-4 on the USA site (unnumbered, 3000, and 4000). All of those have WEP and WPA; however, they do seem to have only one antenna.

You say it's 4-5 years old. I think the only thing I would do is download and install the latest firmware for that model to check to see if it adds WPA capability. Just so you are aware--WPA is also crackable.

Thanks linkit, I agree that is the next logical thing to do. I am well aware that WPA is ''crackable'' but this has been running for 3 years or so with NO protection so I feel I should make some attempt to protect the wireless side of the network. Actually by not using the Belkin as an access point and using it's DHCP it really makes two different networks. Other side uses different workgroup and SSID. My side fairly well protected behind Netgear router and Zone Alarm.(knock on wood).

Not sure what you mean when you say that you have two networks.

Do you have two diffeent IP networks, say 192.168.1.xxx and 10.1.10.xxx, with two active DHCP servers?

..or do you have one IP network with more than one Windows workgroup and more than one SSID?

If you are doing what you want and it works, go for it. If you have connection/IP assignment problems in the future, the first place I would look is at the fact you have 2 DHCP servers on one network. Troublesome for most.

I have a broadband modem connected to a Netgear RP114 (non-wireless) router. Three computers are plugged into this router and the Belkin wireles routers WAN port. The three computers form one workgroup or network ?? and the 2 wireless computers that operate off the Belkin use a different workgroup name and set of IP's. They all do share the same subnet mask. I think of this as 2 different networks because neither side can ''see'' or share with the other, however I don't know if that is correct terminology.