Acces point will not access internet

what happens if you give yourself a static (known working) dns address on your laptop?  are you using your AP as your dhcp server or are you using your server?  Are you trying to make the wireless part of the existing network or are you trying to setup a separate network?  

If i enter a a static IP address on the laptop all is good. What I am trying to accomplish is a WI-FI HOT Spot at a restraurant. The server is acting as a DHCP Server. Part of the existing network will be fine

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Have I answered you questions?

Thanks for your help. To further clarify what i need to do the server internal LAN address si 10.122.0.1 with a subnet of 255.255.0.0 gateway of 10.122.0.199. Will you give me an example or your suggestion for the access point addresses for customers. I will not need access from my laptop.

I apologize for the miscommunication, after rereading my post I found a couple mistakes.  Depending on the AP, you may not be able to reconfigure your lan with a different subnet, a router on the other hand would be perfect. To clarify...  The way you have it setup now would be Ideal for wireless business use, not as a customer access point.  The only thing to add would be a WPA key to secure it.  You should get a router and another ap for your customers.  Routers will have a wan and a lan.  the wan address would be that of your private network and the lan would be a different subnet all together.  Then you would connect the new AP to the router with open security.  Thus preventing any "nerds" from screwing with your private network.  I know you said it was a netgear AP, but what model?  
To answer your question, your server is set to give out address between 10.122.0.2 thru 10.122.0.198 (just guessing)  then your AP's DHCP should be set for ranges 10.122.0.200 thru 10.122.0.250. All the same Subnet mask and Default Gateway.  The important thing is find out the range your server is serving and choose a range that is outside that scope.

If a customer is smart enough, they just have to do an IPscan and then telnet or remote desktop into your server.  That is why you shouldn't put them on the same network.  At least get a router for the current AP, that will save your Private lan. Seriously!

The NetGear Access point is a WPN802 however I also have a Linksys WRT300N v1.1 which Linksys said would not work. I think they did not understand what I was trying to do. As you m an tell this is a problem of about 3 weeks and getting ver frustarating. I really appreciate your help.

Both of those should work fine.(netgear easy, linksys more difficult to setup)  It looks like you have 2 pieces of hardware that would be perfect for what you want to do.  Set the Linksys up for the customers and the netgear for private use.  the linksys will have a wan and lan.  Look at above for setup

OK thanks will not be able to work on it until Thursday hopefully it will go fine